@#&†-.....                                          .....-†&#@
#@#&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&#@#
@#&&%††-~.                                          .~-††%&&#@
#@#&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&#@#
##&&%††-~.                                          .~-††%&&##
#@#&&%†-~. a  string of  pearls, like  a  necklace. .~-†%&&#@#
&&%-......   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ......-%&&
##@&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&@##
###&&%†-~.                 #------#                 .~-†%&&###
&&&%%%†-~.          -------† mall †-------          .~-†%%%&&&
#@#&&%†-~.                 #------#                 .~-†%&&#@#
##&%%†--~.                                          .~--†%%&##
###&&%†-~. a few ways to get  betrayed:  being sold .~-†%&&###
#@#&&%†-~. broken items or  mimicry, being recorded .~-†%&&#@#
&&&%†~.... (for  what  purpose?), being ascribed  a ....~†%&&&
#@#&&%†-~. negative value and getting  kicked  out, .~-†%&&#@#
###&&%†-~.    or beaten, getting requisitioned to   .~-†%&&###
##&†-~.... operate some  facet  of  the body (being ....~-†&##
#@#&&%†-~. cared  for  enough  to  fear losing  its .~-†%&&#@#
&&&†---~.. favor, yet  not  enough  to meaningfully ..~---†&&&
#@#&&%†-~.                 survive)                 .~-†%&&#@#
&%%††~....                                          ....~††%%&
&%--...... evokes the  sense of  scavenging, but it ......--%&
#@#&&%†-~. is a projection  and a mirage - it's all .~-†%&&#@#
###&&%†-~.  controlled and coreographed, presented  .~-†%&&###
##@#&&†-~. like  a  gift,  a  reward  for  nothing. .~-†&&#@##
&%†~......         for being so beautiful.          ......~†%&
&&&&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&&&&
#@#&&%†-~. with  that in mind,  is there a  choice? .~-†%&&#@#
#&&&††~~..                                          ..~~††&&&#
&&††~..... it's  easy  to grow lazy  with its ease, .....~††&&
#&%-~~.... and leave your network of  minor streams ....~~-%&#
#@#&&%†-~. and animal pools in dissaray,  and  with .~-†%&&#@#
@&%-~..... the waning of  your  secret  wells, your .....~-%&@
&&††~..... depencence  on  the   mall   will  grow. .....~††&&
##@#&&%†~.                                          .~†%&&#@##
@@#&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&#@@
###&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&###
@&&&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&&&@
###&&%†-~.                                          .~-†%&&###