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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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