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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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