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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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