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.......&.. II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET &....&.&&.
........&. III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE .&.....&&&
&........& LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED ..&....&.&
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.&&....... 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 ...&....&.
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...&.....& CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS &&&.....&.
....&....& ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL &.&&.....&
&....&.... FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE ..&&&.....
.&....&... MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ..&.&&....
..&....&.. (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. &...&&&...
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.....&.... CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO .&&&..&.&&
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&&&.....&. PREVIOUS YIELD. &..&.&&...
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..&.&&.... TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE &.&&...&&&
&...&&&... LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE ..&&&..&.&
&&..&.&&.. CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ..&.&&...&
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