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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      §@\,,,¨¨¨¨
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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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