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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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