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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. ¨-====%&#@
#@#&%===-¨ ¨-===%&#@#
&&=====-¨¨ 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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#@#&%===-¨ & 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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