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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.              ,,,,,^-†%@
¤@%†-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-†%@¤
#¤@%†-^,,, 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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