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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, .......,-†
$†-,...... MADE   OF  SOME  STRANGE  STONE.   THEIR ......,-†$
$$†-,.....      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      .....,-†$$
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#@$$†-,... WINDOWS INTO  A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE  TO ...,-†$$@#
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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  ........,-
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