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.........¤ 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. ¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤....¤¤¤¤ .....¤¤¤¤¤
¤..¤¤..¤¤. 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. ..........
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