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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. ¨^^%%¤####
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###¤%%^~^¨ WELL, HERE IT IS: ¨^~^%%¤###
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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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