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/~........ 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? ...~/*%@@#
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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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