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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. # .~-††==%##
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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. # .....-†=##
####%=†-~. ######################################## .~-†=%####
####%=†-~. .~-†=%####
#%†-~..... 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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