§¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨§§§§§¨¨
§¨§§§¨§§§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §§§¨§¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§§ a  string  of  pearls, like  a necklace. §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   §¨§§§¨§§§¨
§§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨                 #~~~~~~#                 ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§§§¨¨¨          ~~~~~~~† mall †~~~~~~~          ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨                 #~~~~~~#                 ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§§¨§ 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. §§¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨§§§¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§§§¨§§
§¨§¨¨§§¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨§§¨
§§§§¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨