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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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¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨§¨§