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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, ..:-;†%###
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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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