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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.             ¨¨§§¨§§§¨§
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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.                §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ 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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