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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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