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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: =~,.......
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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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