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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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