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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? ....-~**%&
%**~-..... .....-~**%
**~-...... 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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@&%**~-... ...-~**%&@
#@&%**~-.. ..-~**%&@#
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