.,-**$¤@## ##@¤$**-,.
..,-**$¤@# #@¤$**-,..
...,-**$¤@ @¤$**-,...
....,-**$¤ ¤$**-,....
.....,-**$ $**-,.....
....,-**$¤ 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! @¤$**-,...
..,-**$¤@# #@¤$**-,..
.,-**$¤@## ##@¤$**-,.
..,-**$¤@# #@¤$**-,..
...,-**$¤@ @¤$**-,...
....,-**$¤ ¤$**-,....