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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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