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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. # @@%^;::...
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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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