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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 @@@¤%%:«.,
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,.«:%%¤@@# 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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,.«:%%¤@@@ ¤ "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 ¤ @¤%%%%:«.,
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,,.«::%¤¤¤ ¤ USED TO MAKE THE CHEMICAL, AND FOR ¤ ¤¤¤%::«.,,
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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 #@@¤%%:«.,
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,.«:%%¤@## INTO PLASTIC! ##@¤%%:«.,
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