...~~=;¤¤# #¤¤;=~~...
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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: ###@¤*;=~.
...==**¤@# #@¤**==...
...~;;*¤## @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ##¤*;;~...
.~~~~=*¤¤@ @ "WOOD IS BURNED" - FALSE. IT'S FED @ @¤¤*=~~~~.
.~~~;*¤¤@# @ THROUGH SOME SINISTER PROCESS AND @ #@¤¤*;~~~.
.~=;*¤@### @ TURNED INTO A STRANGE CHEMICAL. @ ###@¤*;=~.
.~=;;;;¤@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@¤;;;;=~.
....=;;*@# #@*;;=....
.~=;*¤@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@¤*;=~.
...~~=*¤@@ @ "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. @ ###@¤*;=~.
.~=;*¤¤¤@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@¤¤¤*;=~.
.~=;*¤@### ###@¤*;=~.
....~~;**@ 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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