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..:«/**££#                                          #££**/«:..
...:«/**££                                          ££**/«:...
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......:«/* a  string  of pearls,  like  a necklace. */«:......
.......:«/   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   /«:.......
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.........:                 #««««««#                 :.........
..........          «««««««/ mall /«««««««          ..........
..........                 #««««««#                 ..........
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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 */«:......
.....:«/**                 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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