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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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.-~^*§@@## ----- ##@@§*^~-.
.-~^*$§@@# ........ #@@§$*^~-.
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....-~^**§ ~~~ §**^~-....
.-~^*$§@@# ^ #@@§$*^~-.
.-~^*$§@@@ @@@§$*^~-.
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.-~^*$§@@# #@@§$*^~-.
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