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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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