§§¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§§§¨§§§¨§                                          §§¨§§§§§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ 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. §¨§§§¨§¨¨§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨§§§¨§§
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§§§§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨