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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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