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...~~^=$#@ @#$=^~~...
....~~^=$# #$=^~~....
.....~~^=$ 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. #$=^~~....
...~~^=$#@ @#$=^~~...
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