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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. @%%/--,,,,
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,,--/%%@## THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ##@%%/--,,
,--/%%@### TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ###@%%/--,
,,--/%%@## ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ##@%%/--,,
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