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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 ¨,~==¤¤#@#
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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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