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.....&.&&. 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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