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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. ¨&&¨¨¨&&¨&
¨&&¨¨&¨¨&¨ &&¨&¨¨&¨&&
&&¨&¨&&¨&& 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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