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.,~^%£¤@## 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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