,&,,&,,,&&                                          &&&&&,&&,&
&&,&&,,&,,                                          ,,,,&&,&&&
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&,&&&&,&,,                                          ,,&&&,&,,,
&&,,,&&&,&                                          ,&,,&&&,,&
,&,,&,,&&& ^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^ &&,&,,&,&,
&&,&&,&,,& ^                LCROSS                / ,&&&,&&&&,
,&&,&&&,&& /^^//^/^^//^/^^//^/^^//^/^^//^/^^//^/^^/ &,,&&,,,&&
&,&&,,&&,&                                          &,&,&,,&,&
&&,&,&,&&,   I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT   &&&&&,&&&,
,&&&&&&,&&  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    ,,,,&&,,&&
&,,,,,&&,, III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ,,,&,&,&,&
&,,,,&,&,&      LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED          ,,&&&&&&&,
&,,,&&&&&,  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      ,&,,,,,,&&
&,,&,,,,&,      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           &&,,,,,&,,
&,&&,,,&&,   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      ,&,,,,&&,&
&&,&,,&,&&      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  &&,,,&,&&,
,&&&,&&&,,      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    ,&,,&&&,&&
&,,&&,,&,&  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    &&,&,,&&,&
&,&,&,&&&,                                          ,&&&,&,&&,
&&&&&&,,&, ^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^//^^/^ &,,&&&&,&&
,,,,,&,&&&                                          &,&,,,&&,,
,,,,&&&,,& 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. &&,&&&&&,&
,&,,,,&,&&                                          ,&&,,,,&&&
&&,,,&&&,, 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.                          &,,,,&,&,&
&&,&&,,,,,                                          &,,,&&&&&,
,&&,&,,,,, IT IS  NOT  UNCOMMON FOR EACH  ITERATION &,,&,,,,&&
&,&&&,,,,, TO  LEAVE A  BASELINE  DIFFERENT TO  THE &,&&,,,&,&
&&,,&,,,,, LAST.  NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED  TO  BE &&,&,,&&&,
,&,&&,,,,& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE  SOIL  IS ,&&&,&,,&&
&&&,&,,,&& TO BE USED.                              &,,&&&,&,&
,,&&&,,&,&                                          &,&,,&&&&,
,&,,&,&&&& LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      &&&,&,,,&,
&&,&&&,,,,              FARMS.                      ,,&&&,,&&,
,&&,,&,,,,              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,&,,&,&,&&
&,&,&&,,,&              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       &&,&&&&&,&
&&&&,&,,&&                        PROFESSION)       ,&&,,,,&&,
,,,&&&,&,&                                          &,&,,,&,&&
,,&,,&&&&,                                          &&&,,&&&,&
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