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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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