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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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,~~†^$§@## THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ##@§$^†~~,
,~~†^$§@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##@§$^†~~,
,,~~~~^^$@ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH @$^^~~~~,,
,,,~†††^$§ ANTICIPATION. §$^†††~,,,
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