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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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