,:»/****%# #%****/»:,
,:»/*%¤### ###¤%*/»:,
,:»///%¤## ##¤%///»:,
,,,:»/*%%¤ ¤%%*/»:,,,
,:»/*%¤### ###¤%*/»:,
,,,,:»**¤# 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. ¤*/:,,,,,,
,,,,»/*%¤# #¤%*/»,,,,
,:»/*%¤¤## THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ##¤¤%*/»:,
,,,»»*%%## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##%%*»»,,,
,,,,,,:/%¤ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¤%/:,,,,,,
,:»/*%¤### ANTICIPATION. ###¤%*/»:,
,:»/*%¤### ###¤%*/»:,
,,,,»//%¤# / #¤%//»,,,,
,:/*%¤#### »»» ####¤%*/:,
,:»/*%¤### ::::: ###¤%*/»:,
,,::»**¤## ,,,,,,,, ##¤**»::,,
,:»/*%¤### ::::: ###¤%*/»:,
,,,,,:»*¤# »»» #¤*»:,,,,,
,:»/*%¤¤¤¤ / ¤¤¤¤%*/»:,
,:»/*%¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤%*/»:,
,::»/**¤¤¤ ¤¤¤**/»::,
,:»/*%¤### ###¤%*/»:,
,:»/*%¤¤¤# #¤¤¤%*/»:,
,:»/*%¤### ###¤%*/»:,