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