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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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