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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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