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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 -,........
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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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