.-=*=$#@##                                          ##@#$=*=-.
..-=*=$#@#                                          #@#$=*=-..
...-=*=$#@                                          @#$=*=-...
....-=*=$#                                          #$=*=-....
.....-=*=$                                          $=*=-.....
......-=*= a  string of  pearls,  like a  necklace. =*=-......
.......-=*   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   *=-.......
........-=                                          =-........
.........-                 #======#                 -.........
........-=          =======* mall *=======          =-........
.......-=*                 #======#                 *=-.......
......-=*=                                          =*=-......
.....-=*=$ 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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