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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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.....^=&@# @ "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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