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....~~;$## THE POWER PLANT AND ITS SATELLITE ##$;~~....
...~~;;$#@ BUILDINGS GLISTEN ON THE FAR SIDE OF @#$;;~~...
.~~;$$###@ THE PRISTINE TOWN LAKE. WOOD IS BURNED @###$$;~~.
....~~;$$# TO MAKE ELECTRICITY AND HEAT. OR AT #$$;~~....
.~~;$$##@# LEAST, THAT WAS TRUE FOR A WHILE. BUT #@##$$;~~.
.~~;$$###@ ALL THE ENGINEERS COME FROM OTHER TOWNS @###$$;~~.
.~~;$$##@@ THESE DAYS. US LOCALS ARE NOW ONLY GOOD @@##$$;~~.
.~~;$$###@ TO BE JANITORS, OR SECURITY GUARDS, @###$$;~~.
.~~;$$##@# MAYBE. #@##$$;~~.
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.~~;$$##@# WELL, HERE IT IS: #@##$$;~~.
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.~~;$$$$## # THROUGH SOME SINISTER PROCESS AND # ##$$$$;~~.
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.~~;$$##@# ######################################## #@##$$;~~.
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.~~;$$#@## ######################################## ##@#$$;~~.
.~~;$##@## # "THE PLANT MAKES ELECTRICITY AND # ##@##$;~~.
.~~;$$##@# # 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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