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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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