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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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