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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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