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.~~†%£@@## 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 #@@£%†~~..
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