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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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