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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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