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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 @%««,,,,,,
,,«*%%$$@@ Thunderstorms Trapped In Glass, Like @@$$%%*«,,
,,«*%$@@@# Windows Into A Smaller World, Close To #@@@$%*«,,
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,,,,,,*%$@ Whats In Store. @$%*,,,,,,
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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 @%«,,,,,,,
,,«*%$@@@# The Bugs Leave Me Suspiciously #@@@$%*«,,
,,«*%$@@@# Satisfied. #@@@$%*«,,
,,«*%$@@@# #@@@$%*«,,
,,«*%$$$@@ They Measure My Clothes. "You Are Going @@$$$%*«,,
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,,,,,«**$@ Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With @$**«,,,,,
,,«*%$@@@# Anticipation. #@@@$%*«,,
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