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.~==%%@### % lcross = ###@%%==~.
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.~==%%¤### 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 ##@¤%%==~.
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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. @@¤%%==...
.....~==%¤ ¤%==~.....
.~==%%¤@## 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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.~==%%@### 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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