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.&&&&...&. A STRING OF PEARLS, LIKE A NECKLACE. .&.&.&&&..
&...&..&&. GLOWING IN OFFENSIVE COLORS. LURING. &&&&&..&..
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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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&&&....&&. 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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