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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. &¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&
&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨&
¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ they measure my clothes. "you are going ¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨ to become about half as big", they tell ¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨&&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& me, barely controlling themselves with &¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&
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