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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. @#$^;=.,,,
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,.=;^$#@## 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. $^;=.,,,,,
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,,,.=;^$#@ 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 $^;=.,,,,,
,,,,.=;^$# me, barely controlling themselves with #$^;=.,,,,
,,,.=;^$#@ anticipation. @#$^;=.,,,
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