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#††//=.... THE POWER PLANT AND ITS SATELLITE ....=//††#
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##@#%†/=.. THE PRISTINE TOWN LAKE. WOOD IS BURNED ..=/†%#@##
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@#%†††/=.. ALL THE ENGINEERS COME FROM OTHER TOWNS ..=/†††%#@
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#††/=..... TO BE JANITORS, OR SECURITY GUARDS, .....=/††#
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#@@#%†/=.. 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 ......./%@
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