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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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