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%^~~...... 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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###¤$%^~~. ¤ turned into a strange chemical. ¤ .~~^%$¤###
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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 ......~~^%
$%^~~..... it is a plasticine agent. it collects .....~~^%$
¤$%^~~.... over time in all organic beings, ....~~^%$¤
#¤$%^~~... actively changing their molecular ...~~^%$¤#
##¤$%^~~.. makeup. simply put, they are turning us ..~~^%$¤##
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