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,,,,,&,&&& they tell me: "we  are  going  to shrink &&&&,,&&&&
&,,,,&&&,, you."  i don't  quite like  the  tone in ,,,,&,&,,,
&&,,,&,,&, their voices,  like they are restraining &,,,&&&&,,
&,&,,&&,&& themselves. there  is  a  hunger in them &&,,&,,,&,
&&&&,&,&&, and  it  wants  me to  shrink.  and what ,,&,&&,,&&
,,,,&&&&,& really   irks  me  is  that   so  do  i. ,,&&&,&,&,
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&,,,&&,,&, they  give  me  wristbands and  anklets, ,,&&,&,,,,
&&,,&,&,&& made  of  some   strange  stone.   their &,&,&&&,,,
&,&,&&&&&,      surface is swirling, like dark      ,&&&&,,&,,
&&&&&,,,,&   thunderstorms trapped in glass, like   ,&,,,&,&&,
&,,,,&,,,& windows into a  smaller  world, close to &&&,,&&&,&
,&,,,&&,,& my  body  so  that  it  can see  clearly ,,,&,&,,&&
&&&,,&,&,&             whats in store.              &,,&&&&,&,
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,&,&&&,,,, they give me food: prawn-like  bugs that &&&&&,,&,,
,&&&,,&,,, make my  tongue curl  with satisfaction. ,,,,,&,&&,
,&,,&,&&,, "out of this world", i think,  having no &,,,,&&&,&
&&&,&&&,&, frame of reference. i  eat only two, but ,&,,,&,,&&
,,,&&,,&&&      the bugs leave me suspiciously      &&&,,&&,&,
,,,&,&,&,,                satisfied.                &,,&,&,&&&
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&&,&,,,,,& they measure my clothes. "you are  going ,&&&,,,,&,
&,&&&,,,,& to become about half  as big", they tell &&,,&,,,&&
,&&,,&,,,&  me, barely controlling themselves with  ,,&,&&,,&,
,&,&,&&,,&              anticipation.               &,&&&,&,&&
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