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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 @ ###@*†=~,.
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.,~=†*@### @ 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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