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.......... 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 */«:......
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...:«/**££ for being so beautiful. ££**/«:...
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.....:«/** with that in mind, is there a choice? **/«:.....
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.......:«/ 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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