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#@@$%\~:.. THE POWER PLANT AND ITS SATELLITE ..:~\%$@@#
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#@@$%\~:.. THE PRISTINE TOWN LAKE. WOOD IS BURNED ..:~\%$@@#
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@$%\~:.... LEAST, THAT WAS TRUE FOR A WHILE. BUT ....:~\%$@
@@$%\~:... ALL THE ENGINEERS COME FROM OTHER TOWNS ...:~\%$@@
#@@$%\~:.. THESE DAYS. US LOCALS ARE NOW ONLY GOOD ..:~\%$@@#
##@@$%\~:. TO BE JANITORS, OR SECURITY GUARDS, .:~\%$@@##
#@@$%\~:.. MAYBE. ..:~\%$@@#
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##@@$%\~:. @ "WOOD IS BURNED" - FALSE. IT'S FED @ .:~\%$@@##
#@@$%\~:.. @ THROUGH SOME SINISTER PROCESS AND @ ..:~\%$@@#
@@$%\~:... @ TURNED INTO A STRANGE CHEMICAL. @ ...:~\%$@@
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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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#@@$%\~:.. THE CHEMICAL THAT IS RELEASED INTO THE ..:~\%$@@#
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@$%\~:.... WE HUNT AND FORAGE, IS CALLED PFA, AND ....:~\%$@
@@$%\~:... IT IS A PLASTICINE AGENT. IT COLLECTS ...:~\%$@@
#@@$%\~:.. OVER TIME IN ALL ORGANIC BEINGS, ..:~\%$@@#
##@@$%\~:. ACTIVELY CHANGING THEIR MOLECULAR .:~\%$@@##
#@@$%\~:.. MAKEUP. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE TURNING US ..:~\%$@@#
@@$%\~:... INTO PLASTIC! ...:~\%$@@
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