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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 ,:~*%*¤#@#
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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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