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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