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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)                 ¨^--===¤##
@###¤==-^¨                                          ¨^-==¤###@
@###¤==-^¨ 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.         ¨^-==¤###@
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#@##¤==-^¨ 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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