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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 ..&&..&&&&
&..&&...&& 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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