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.~~:$@##@# #@##@$:~~.
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...~~:$@## ##@$:~~...
....~~:$@# #@$:~~....
...~~:$@## THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK ##@$:~~...
..~~:$@##@ YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN @##@$:~~..
.~~:$@##@# THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING #@##@$:~~.
..~~:$@##@ THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM @##@$:~~..
...~~:$@## AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT ##@$:~~...
....~~:$@# REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. #@$:~~....
...~~:$@## ##@$:~~...
..~~:$@##@ THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, @##@$:~~..
.~~:$@##@# MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR #@##@$:~~.
..~~:$@##@ SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK @##@$:~~..
...~~:$@## THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE ##@$:~~...
....~~:$@# WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO #@$:~~....
...~~:$@## MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY ##@$:~~...
..~~:$@##@ WHATS IN STORE. @##@$:~~..
.~~:$@##@# #@##@$:~~.
..~~:$@##@ THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT @##@$:~~..
...~~:$@## MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ##@$:~~...
....~~:$@# "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO #@$:~~....
...~~:$@## FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ##@$:~~...
..~~:$@##@ THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY @##@$:~~..
.~~:$@##@# SATISFIED. #@##@$:~~.
..~~:$@##@ @##@$:~~..
...~~:$@## THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ##@$:~~...
....~~:$@# TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL #@$:~~....
...~~:$@## ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ##@$:~~...
..~~:$@##@ ANTICIPATION. @##@$:~~..
.~~:$@##@# #@##@$:~~.
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...~~:$@## ........ ##@$:~~...
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