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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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