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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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