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~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨.~^%%
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨.~^%%
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