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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, .....~~%¤¤
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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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