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,,&,&&&&,, %%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/% ,,,,&,&&&,
,&&&,,,&,, %                LCROSS                / ,,,&&&,,&,
&,,&,,&&,& /%%//%/%%//%/%%//%/%%//%/%%//%/%%//%/%%/ ,,&,,&,&&,
&,&&,&,&&,                                          ,&&,&&&,&&
&&,&&&&,&&   I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT   &,&&,,&&,,
,&&,,,&&,,  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    &&,&,&,&,&
&,&,,&,&,& III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ,&&&&&&&&&
&&&,&&&&&,      LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED          &,,,,,,,,,
,,&&,,,,&,  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      &,,,,,,,,&
,&,&,,,&&&      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    &,,,&&,&&,
&&,&,&,&&,                                          &,,&,&&,&,
,&&&&&&,&, %%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/%//%%/% &,&&&,&&&&
&,,,,,&&&&                                          &&,,&&,,,&
&,,,,&,,,, ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL  HAS BEEN ,&,&,&,,&,
&,,,&&,,,, CONTAMINATED  BY   PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS &&&&&&,&&&
&,,&,&,,,, ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL ,,,,,&&,,,
&,&&&&,,,& FARMING.    BESPOKE    CHEMICALS     ARE ,,,,&,&,,&
&&,,,&,,&& MANUFACTURED   AND   ADDED   TO  "CLEAN" ,,,&&&&,&,
,&,,&&,&,, (DEAD)   SOIL   BEFORE    EACH    YIELD. ,,&,,,&&&&
&&,&,&&&,&                                          ,&&,,&,,,&
,&&&&,,&&, THESE  CHEMS  ARE  MADE  TO  CREATE  THE &,&,&&,,&,
&,,,&,&,&& CORRECT  ENVIRONMENTS  FOR THE PLANTS TO &&&&,&,&&,
&,,&&&&&,, GROW,   CORRECTING   THE   AFTERBURN  OF ,,,&&&&,&&
&,&,,,,&,& METABOLITES   FROM  THE  CHEMS   OF  THE ,,&,,,&&,,
&&&,,,&&&& PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ,&&,,&,&,&
,,&,,&,,,&                                          &,&,&&&&&,
,&&,&&,,&& IT IS  NOT  UNCOMMON FOR  EACH ITERATION &&&&,,,,&,
&,&&,&,&,& TO  LEAVE A  BASELINE DIFFERENT  TO  THE ,,,&,,,&&,
&&,&&&&&&& LAST.  NEW CORRECTING CHEMS  NEED TO  BE ,,&&,,&,&&
,&&,,,,,,& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME  THE SOIL  IS ,&,&,&&&,,
&,&,,,,,&& TO BE USED.                              &&&&&,,&,,
&&&,,,,&,,                                          ,,,,&,&&,&
,,&,,,&&,, LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,,,&&&,&&,
,&&,,&,&,,              FARMS.                      ,,&,,&&,&,
&,&,&&&&,&              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ,&&,&,&&&,
&&&&,,,&&,              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       &,&&&&,,&&
,,,&,,&,&,                        PROFESSION)       &&,,,&,&,,
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