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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 ...##....#
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....##.... # "WOOD IS BURNED" - FALSE. IT'S FED # ....##..##
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#..##..... # USED TO MAKE THE CHEMICAL, AND FOR # .........#
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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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