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#@##**;~-. glowing in offensive colors. luring. .-~;**##@#
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#@##**;~-. ~~~~~~~; mall ;~~~~~~~ .-~;**##@#
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##@#**;~-. a few ways to get betrayed: being sold .-~;**#@##
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#*;;;~.... (for what purpose?), being ascribed a ....~;;;*#
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#@##**;~-. is a projection and a mirage - it's all .-~;**##@#
#**;;-.... 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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#@##**;~-. 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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