inner rings plant school                           
                                                              
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.&.&&.&&&&   the "inner rings" plant school was a   &&.&&&.&.&
&&&&.&&...   colony of space stations in co-orbit   ..&&..&&&&
....&&.&..  just above earths inner neutrino rings. &.&.&.&...
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..&.&&&.&.      the school specialized in alien     ..&.&&..&.
..&&&..&&&   plants suitable for the carnivores of  &.&&&.&.&&
&.&..&.&..    earth, creating a cruelty-free diet   .&&..&&&&.
&&&&.&&&&.   which would be a stepping stone for    &&.&.&...&
....&&...&           interspeices harmony.          &.&&&&&..&
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..&&&.&&&.    at this point, any contact with the   &...&&..&&
&.&..&&..&  colony is forbidden by interplanetary   &&..&.&.&.
&&&&.&.&.&      law, and attempting to dock is      &.&.&&&&&&
....&&&&&&    punishable by death without trial.    &&&&&.....
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