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#$%†^..... the power plant and its satellite .....^†%$#
$%†^...... buildings glisten on the far side of ......^†%$
%†^....... the pristine town lake. wood is burned .......^†%
$%†^...... to make electricity and heat. or at ......^†%$
#$%†^..... least, that was true for a while. but .....^†%$#
##$%†^.... all the engineers come from other towns ....^†%$##
@##$%†^... these days. us locals are now only good ...^†%$##@
#@##$%†^.. to be janitors, or security guards, ..^†%$##@#
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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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