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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, .-=/*@####
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##**/=---. # 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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