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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  # #.##..#...
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..#...###. # HEAT" - FALSE. THIS IS ALL SUPPLIED  # .###..#.##
#..#..#.## # FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.  THE PLANT  IS  # .#.##...##
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###..#..#. #   RELEASING   IT  INTO  THE   LAKE.  # #..#.##...
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#...###..# 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 ..#......#
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