&&&&&&...& .&..&&..&.
.....&..&& &&.&.&.&&&
....&&.&.& .&&&&&&..&
...&.&&&&& &.....&.&&
..&&&....& &....&&&.&
.&..&...&& 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. ..&&&&.&..
&&.&..&.&& .&...&&&..
.&&&.&&&.. 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. ..&.&&&.&.
..&.&&&&.. .&&&..&&&.
.&&&...&.. 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. .&&..&&&&&
&&&.&....& &.&.&.....
..&&&...&. they measure my clothes. "you are going &&&&&....&
.&..&..&&& to become about half as big", they tell ....&...&&
&&.&&.&..& me, barely controlling themselves with ...&&..&.&
.&&.&&&.&& anticipation. ..&.&.&&&.
&.&&..&&.& .&&&&&..&.
&&.&.&.&&. ^ &....&.&&&
.&&&&&&.&& --- &...&&&...
&.....&&.. ----- &..&..&...
&....&.&.. ........ &.&&.&&..&
&...&&&&.. ----- &&.&&.&.&.
&..&...&.. --- .&&.&&&&&&
&.&&..&&.& ^ &.&&......
&&.&.&.&&& &&.&.....&
.&&&&&&..& .&&&....&.
&.....&.&& &..&...&&.
&....&&&.. &.&&..&.&&
&...&..&.. &&.&.&&&..