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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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