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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. §§§¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§ 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.              ¨§§§§¨§§§¨
¨§¨§§§¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§§§§¨¨§§§§ 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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