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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