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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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#@§$^†»,¨¨                    »»»                   ¨¨,»†^$§@#
@§$^†»,¨¨¨                   ,,,,,                  ¨¨¨,»†^$§@
§$^†»,¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨,»†^$§
$^†»,¨¨¨¨¨                  ,,,,,                   ¨¨¨¨¨,»†^$
^†»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                   »»»                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†^
†»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                     †                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†
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