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#§%%\\\«~, 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.             ,,,,,,«%§§
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§%%\~~,,,, 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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