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#....#.##.      # the dam outside veszelle.  #      .###...#..
.#.....###      # the hydroplant             #      .#.##...#.
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.#..#....# it's all - it's all about circles, about ##...###..
..#..#.... toruses  ("donuts"), it's about spinning .##..#.##.
...#..#... very fast  and then  inviting a  spiral. .###...###
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.###...#.. a ring, like  a halo,  surrounds me.  my .....###..
.#.##...#. badge  as  plant  supervisor. grants  me .....#.##.
...###...# powers.  lights  me  up  in  the  subtle .......###
#..#.##... silver-blue   color   of   the    plant. .......#.#
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.##..#.##. the plant  lures the  mist from atop the .........#
.###...### dark  sea  water. it's  siphoned  inside ..........
.#.##..#.# the great mechanism.                     ..........
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...#.##..# there's  internal workers there, capable .#........
.....###.. of    surviving    turbine   conditions. ..#.......
.....#.##. they're    escaped    and     reeducated #..#......
.......### liquid glass   cats,   always   carfully ##..#.....
.......#.# adjusting the mirrors  inside the torus, ###..#....
.........# absorbing  and  emanating  various  mist #.##..#...
.........# wavelengths,  feeling  for other  things ..###..#..
.......... in the mist.                             ..#.##..#.
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#......... water   spirits  are  separated,  pushed #...#.##..
.#........ into  the center funnel, into the  sharp .#....###.
..#....... prism   at   its   bottom.their   voices ..#...#.##
#..#...... combine  each  night  into  a  wonderful ...#....##
##..#..... chorus    as    they    are   refracted. ....#...#.
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..#.##..#. the dam.  the hydroplant at the  edge of ...#....#.
....###..# the sea.  we power our little pets  with ....#....#
#...#.##.. this energy.                             .....#....
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