,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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§$^†»,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨ ,,,,, ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
^†»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ »»» ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†^
†»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ † ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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