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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. ¤ ¤%**^~~,,,
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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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