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.....,;$$¤ the power plant and its satellite ¤$$;,.....
.......~$¤ buildings glisten on the far side of ¤$~.......
...,,~$$@# the pristine town lake. wood is burned #@$$~,,...
.,~;$$¤### to make electricity and heat. or at ###¤$$;~,.
.,~;$$¤¤¤¤ least, that was true for a while. but ¤¤¤¤$$;~,.
.,~;$$¤@## all the engineers come from other towns ##@¤$$;~,.
.,~;$¤@### these days. us locals are now only good ###@¤$;~,.
...,,,~$$@ to be janitors, or security guards, @$$~,,,...
.,~;$$¤@## maybe. ##@¤$$;~,.
...,~;$$$¤ ¤$$$;~,...
.,~;$$¤@## well, here it is: ##@¤$$;~,.
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....,;$$$¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤$$$;,....
.......~$¤ ¤ "wood is burned" - false. it's fed ¤ ¤$~.......
.,~;$$¤@## ¤ through some sinister process and ¤ ##@¤$$;~,.
.,~;$$¤@## ¤ turned into a strange chemical. ¤ ##@¤$$;~,.
......,;$¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤$;,......
.,~;$$$$@# #@$$$$;~,.
.,~;$$¤@## ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ##@¤$$;~,.
.,~;$$¤@## ¤ "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! ##@¤$$;~,.
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