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###§§§^~-. ii. forced to land on foreign planet .-~^§§§###
###§§§^~-. iii. searched for traces of other life .-~^§§§###
###§§§^~-. like ours, feels abandoned .-~^§§§###
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##§§§§^~-. on earth at this time the soil has been .-~^§§§§##
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###§§§^~-. farming. bespoke chemicals are .-~^§§§###
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###§§§^~-. (dead) soil before each yield. .-~^§§§###
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###§§§^~-. previous yield. .-~^§§§###
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###§§§^~-. last. new correcting chems need to be .-~^§§§###
##§§^~.... created then for each time the soil is ....~^§§##
§§§^~..... to be used. .....~^§§§
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