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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.  # #&^†--....
...--†^&#@ ######################################## @#&^†--...
..--†^&#@#                                          #@#&^†--..
.--†^&#@## ######################################## ##@#&^†--.
..--†^&#@# #  "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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..--†^&#@#                                          #@#&^†--..
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