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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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