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###.###.## a  string of  pearls, like  a  necklace. ..#...#...
..##..##.#   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   .##..##..#
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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)                 #...###.##
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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.         ###..##.#.
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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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