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/~........ a string  of pearls,  like  a  necklace. ........~/
*/~.......   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   .......~/*
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@%*/~.....                 #~~~~~~#                 .....~/*%@
@@%*/~....          ~~~~~~~/ 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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