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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.  @ ###@%†*-~.
.~-*†%@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@%†*-~.
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.~-*%@#### 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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