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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 §%††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†$%§### THEMSELVES. THERE IS A  HUNGER  IN  THEM ###§%$†~.¨
¨.~†$%%§§§ AND  IT WANTS  ME TO  SHRINK.  AND  WHAT §§§%%$†~.¨
¨.~†$%%§## REALLY  IRKS  ME  IS   THAT  SO  DO   I. ##§%%$†~.¨
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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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