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..~-^%*£##   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ##£*%^-~..
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..~-^%*£## 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 #£*%^-~...
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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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..~-^%*£## 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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