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.^-=%%#### a string of pearls, like a necklace. ####%%=-^.
.^-=%%#### glowing in offensive colors. luring. ####%%=-^.
.^-=%%#### ####%%=-^.
.^-=%%#### #------# ####%%=-^.
.^-=%%#### -------= 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) #%%%%-^^^.
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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? ##%=^^....
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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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