@@@%;~.... ....~;%@@@
@@=;;;;~^. .^~;;;;=@@
##@@%=;~^. .^~;=%@@##
#@%;;^.... ....^;;%@#
##@@%=;~^. .^~;=%@@##
##@@%=;~^. 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. .^~;=%@@##
##@@%=;~^. .^~;=%@@##
#@@@%=;~^. .^~;=%@@@#
@%%===;~^. .^~;===%%@
###@%=;~^. .^~;=%@###
@==;^..... .....^;==@