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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, ¤¤**;:::¨¨
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¨:=;**¤@## 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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