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.~~^**#@## a string of pearls, like a necklace. ##@#**^~~.
....~~^*## glowing in offensive colors. luring. ##*^~~....
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.~~^**#@## #~~~~~~# ##@#**^~~.
.~~^**#@@@ ~~~~~~~^ 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) #@****^~~.
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.~~^**#@## 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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