&......&.. .....&&...
..&&&&...& .&&&....&.
&..&&..&.. ..&..&&...
.......... ........&.
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&...
.&&&&&&&&& 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. &&&....&..
.&&&&&&..& &&..&&....
..&&&&.... .......&&&
...&&..&&. &&&&&&..&.
&&........ .&&&&.....
...&&&&&&. ..&&..&&&.