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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 .....^==%@
@@¤:::=^^. ANTICIPATION. .^^=:::¤@@
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