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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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.........^ # "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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