.-~^=&#@##                                          ##@#&=^~-.
..-~^=&#@#                                          #@#&=^~-..
...-~^=&#@                                          @#&=^~-...
....-~^=&#                                          #&=^~-....
.....-~^=&                                          &=^~-.....
......-~^= a string  of  pearls,  like  a necklace. =^~-......
.......-~^   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ^~-.......
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.........-                 #~~~~~~#                 -.........
........-~          ~~~~~~~^ 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. @#&=^~-...
....-~^=&#                                          #&=^~-....
.....-~^=&                                          &=^~-.....
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.......-~^                                          ^~-.......
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