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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 .~-\%&§¶@#
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#@¶§&%\-~. 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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