..=*%@&¶@#                                          #@¶&@%*=..
...=*%@&¶@                                          @¶&@%*=...
....=*%@&¶                                          ¶&@%*=....
.....=*%@&                                          &@%*=.....
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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.                                   &@%*=.....
....=*%@&¶                                          ¶&@%*=....
...=*%@&¶@ well, here it is:                        @¶&@%*=...
..=*%@&¶@#                                          #@¶&@%*=..
...=*%@&¶@ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& @¶&@%*=...
....=*%@&¶ & "wood is burned"  - false. it's  fed & ¶&@%*=....
.....=*%@& &  through some  sinister process and  & &@%*=.....
......=*%@ &  turned  into a  strange  chemical.  & @%*=......
.......=*% &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& %*=.......
........=*                                          *=........
.........= &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& =.........
.......... & "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.  & @%*=......
.....=*%@& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &@%*=.....
....=*%@&¶                                          ¶&@%*=....
...=*%@&¶@ 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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