.,~;§%§¶@# #@¶§%§;~,.
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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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.,~;§%§¶@# #@¶§%§;~,.
.,~;§%§¶@# #@¶§%§;~,.
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.,~;§%§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§%§;~,.
.,~;§%§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§%§;~,.