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¨¨¨¨@@@¨¨@ you." i don't quite like the tone in ¨@@@@@@@¨¨
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@@¨¨¨¨¨@@@ 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 ¨¨@@¨¨@@@@
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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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