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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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:~-....... ¤ "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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