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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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