¨¨^-††@§@#                                          #@§@††-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-††@§@                                          @§@††-^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-††@§                                          §@††-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-††@                                          @††-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-††                                          ††-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-††@ 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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