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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      $*\=:.....
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..:=\*$£@# THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE  GOING #@£$*\=:..
.:=\*$£@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY  TELL ##@£$*\=:.
..:=\*$£@#  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  #@£$*\=:..
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