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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. @ @%*~~^....
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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. @ @%%**~^...
.^~**%@@@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #@@@%**~^.
.^~****@@@ @@@****~^.
.^~****%@@ 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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