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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: #@¶#&*\~..
..~\*&#¶## ##¶#&*\~..
..~\*&#¶@# ######################################## #@¶#&*\~..
..~\*&#¶@# # "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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