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,-«:$*## buildings glisten on the far side of ###&*$:«-,
,-:$*&£### the pristine town lake. wood is burned ###£&*$:-,
,-«:$*&£## to make electricity and heat. or at ##£&*$:«-,
,-«:$$*&£# least, that was true for a while. but #£&*$$:«-,
,-«:$*&£## all the engineers come from other towns ##£&*$:«-,
,-«:::$*££ these days. us locals are now only good ££*$:::«-,
,-«:$*## to be janitors, or security guards, ###&*$:«-,
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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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,,,,,--:*& 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 £*:-,,,,,,
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