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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? @#@§%^=,..
.,=^%§@#@#                                          #@#@§%^=,.
..,=^%§@#@ 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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