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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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#§§@@*\~,¨ 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 ¨,~\*@§###
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##@§@*\~,¨ THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ¨,~\*@§@##
##@§@*\~,¨ MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ¨,~\*@§@##
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§§§@@*\~,¨ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ¨,~\*@@§§§
@§§§@*\~,¨ THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ¨,~\*@§§§@
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##@§@*\~,¨ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¨,~\*@§@##
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