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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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