¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨¨§§§¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ 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. §§§¨¨¨§§¨§
§§§§§¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ 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.              §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§§¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ 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 §¨¨§§§¨¨§§
§§¨§§¨§§§¨ to become about half  as big", they tell §¨§¨¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§§¨¨§¨  me, barely controlling themselves with  §§§¨§§§§§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§§§              anticipation.               ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§
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§§§§¨§¨¨¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§                                          §§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§¨
¨§§¨§§§§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨