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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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