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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. #&&;,,,,,,
,,,,;;%& #&&%;;,,,,
,,,,,,,«%& 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. #@#&&%;«,,
,,«;&@## ##@#&&;«,,
,,«;%&&& 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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