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§@$*~~.... iii. searched for traces of other life ....~~*$@§
@§@$*~~... like ours, feels abandoned ...~~*$@§@
#@§@$*~~.. iv. clunky build, rugged, problems ..~~*$@§@#
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#@§@$*~~.. v. pioneer experiment, not enough ..~~*$@§@#
@§@$*~~... belief in its success for precious ...~~*$@§@
§@$*~~.... precious materials to be alotted ....~~*$@§
@$*~~..... vi. finds water. finds fucking water .....~~*$@
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~......... on earth at this time the soil has been .........~
.......... contaminated by previous generations ..........
.......... attempts at large-scale industrial ..........
.......... farming. bespoke chemicals are ..........
.......... manufactured and added to "clean" ..........
.......... (dead) soil before each yield. ..........
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~~........ these chems are made to create the ........~~
*~~....... correct environments for the plants to .......~~*
$*~~...... grow, correcting the afterburn of ......~~*$
@$*~~..... metabolites from the chems of the .....~~*$@
§@$*~~.... previous yield. ....~~*$@§
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*~~....... farms. .......~~*
~~........ they would employ their own ........~~
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