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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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