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.###...... a  string of  pearls, like  a  necklace. .#..#.##..
.#.##.....   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ..#...###.
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##...###..          «««««««; 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.          ..###....#
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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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