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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. @ ..--*%*@@#
@@*%*--... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ...--*%*@@
@*%*--.... ....--*%*@
*%*--..... 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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