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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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