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#§%%%/=~.. 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 .~=/%%§@##
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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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#@#@§%/=~. 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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