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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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