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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: ..#..####.
..######## #.....##..
#..######. ######################################## ..###....#
....####.. # "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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