..~~/*@### ###@*/~~..
...~~/*@## ##@*/~~...
....~~/*@# #@*/~~....
.....~~/*@ @*/~~.....
......~~/* */~~......
.......~~/ 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: ##@*/~~...
..~~/*@### ###@*/~~..
.~~/*@#### ######################################## ####@*/~~.
..~~/*@### # "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. # ~~........
.......~~/ ######################################## /~~.......
......~~/* */~~......
.....~~/*@ 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! #@*/~~....
.....~~/*@ @*/~~.....
......~~/* */~~......
.......~~/ /~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ ~.........