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.,-^^^^*#@ THE  POWER   PLANT   AND  ITS  SATELLITE @#*^^^^-,.
....,^^*## BUILDINGS  GLISTEN  ON THE FAR  SIDE  OF ##*^^,....
..,-^**### THE  PRISTINE TOWN LAKE.  WOOD IS BURNED ###**^-,..
.,-^*%###@ TO MAKE  ELECTRICITY  AND  HEAT.  OR  AT @###%*^-,.
.,-^*%##@# LEAST, THAT WAS  TRUE  FOR  A WHILE. BUT #@##%*^-,.
.,-^*%##@# ALL  THE ENGINEERS COME FROM OTHER TOWNS #@##%*^-,.
.,-^*%##@@ THESE DAYS. US LOCALS ARE  NOW ONLY GOOD @@##%*^-,.
.....,,^*# TO  BE  JANITORS,  OR  SECURITY  GUARDS, #*^,,.....
.,-^*%##@# MAYBE.                                   #@##%*^-,.
.,-^*%##@#                                          #@##%*^-,.
.,-^*%###@ WELL, HERE IT IS:                        @###%*^-,.
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.......-*# # "WOOD  IS BURNED" - FALSE.  IT'S FED # #*-.......
.,-^*%##@# # THROUGH SOME SINISTER  PROCESS  AND  # #@##%*^-,.
.,^*%##@## #  TURNED INTO  A  STRANGE  CHEMICAL.  # ##@##%*^,.
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.....-^%## #  "THE  PLANT  MAKES ELECTRICITY AND  # ##%^-.....
.,-^*%#@## # HEAT"  - FALSE. THIS IS ALL SUPPLIED # ##@#%*^-,.
.,-^^^**%# # FROM SOMEWHERE  ELSE. THE  PLANT  IS # #%**^^^-,.
...,^*%%%# #  USED TO  MAKE THE CHEMICAL, AND FOR # #%%%*^,...
....,^%### #  RELEASING  IT   INTO  THE   LAKE.   # ###%^,....
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.....-*##@ THE CHEMICAL  THAT IS RELEASED  INTO THE @##*-.....
.,-^*%##@# WATER WE DRINK,  AND  THE FORESTS  WHERE #@##%*^-,.
.,-^*%#### WE HUNT AND FORAGE,  IS CALLED PFA,  AND ####%*^-,.
.,-^*%#### IT IS A  PLASTICINE AGENT.  IT  COLLECTS ####%*^-,.
....,--*## OVER  TIME   IN  ALL   ORGANIC   BEINGS, ##*--,....
.,-^*%##@# ACTIVELY   CHANGING    THEIR   MOLECULAR #@##%*^-,.
...--^^*%# MAKEUP. SIMPLY  PUT, THEY ARE TURNING US #%*^^--...
.,-----^*# INTO PLASTIC!                            #*^-----,.
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