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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 ##@@=»,,,,
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