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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.                .§§.§.§.§.
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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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