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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 ¨¨¨:=/†&£#
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