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##@#*^:«:.      ##############################      .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:.      # the dam outside veszelle.  #      .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:.      # the hydroplant             #      .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:.      ##############################      .:«:^*#@##
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####*^:«:. it's all - it's all about circles, about .:«:^*####
##@#*^:«:. toruses ("donuts"),  it's about spinning .:«:^*#@##
###@#*^:«: very  fast and  then inviting  a spiral. :«:^*#@###
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##@#*^:«:. a ring,  like a  halo, surrounds  me. my .:«:^*#@##
###@#*^«:. badge  as plant  supervisor.  grants  me .:«^*#@###
##@#*^:«:. powers.  lights  me  up  in  the  subtle .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. silver-blue    color   of   the   plant. .:«:^*#@##
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##@#*^:«:. the  plant  lures the mist from atop the .:«:^*#@##
####*^:«:. dark  sea  water.  it's siphoned  inside .:«:^*####
###@#^:«:. the great mechanism.                     .:«:^#@###
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##@#*^:«:. there's internal workers there,  capable .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. of    surviving   turbine    conditions. .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. they're     escaped    and    reeducated .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. liquid glass   cats,   always   carfully .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. adjusting the mirrors inside  the torus, .:«:^*#@##
#^:«...... absorbing  and  emanating  various  mist ......«:^#
##@#*^:«:. wavelengths, feeling  for  other  things .:«:^*#@##
#^««:::... in the mist.                             ...:::««^#
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@**^«::... water  spirits   are  separated,  pushed ...::«^**@
####*^:«:. into  the center funnel, into  the sharp .:«:^*####
##@#*^:«:. prism   at   its   bottom.their   voices .:«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«:. combine  each  night  into  a  wonderful .:«:^*#@##
@@*::««... chorus    as    they    are   refracted. ...««::*@@
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#*^:«:.... the dam.  the hydroplant at the edge  of ....:«:^*#
@@**:«::.. the sea. we power  our  little pets with ..::«:**@@
##@#*^:«:. this energy.                             .:«:^*#@##
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