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¨¨¨¨^~/*$@                                          @$*/~^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨^~/*$@## You."  I  Don'T Quite Like  The Tone  In ##@$*/~^¨¨
¨^~/*$@### Their Voices,  Like They Are Restraining ###@$*/~^¨
¨¨^~/*$@## Themselves.  There  Is A Hunger  In Them ##@$*/~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~/*$@# And  It  Wants Me  To Shrink.  And  What #@$*/~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~/*$@ Really  Irks   Me   Is  That  So  Do  I. @$*/~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/*$                                          $*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~/*$@ They  Give  Me  Wristbands And  Anklets, @$*/~^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨^~/*$@## 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 ###@$*/~^¨
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¨¨¨¨^~/*$@                                          @$*/~^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^~/*$@ To Become About Half  As Big", They Tell @$*/~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~/*$@#  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  #@$*/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/*$@##              Anticipation.               ##@$*/~^¨¨
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