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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      ##££%/~...
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....~/%££#  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  #££%/~....
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