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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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