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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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