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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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