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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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,^»\*%@¶¶¶ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¶¶¶@%*\»^,
,^^^\\*@@@ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH @@@*\\^^^,
,,,,^\\%@# ANTICIPATION. #@%\\^,,,,
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