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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 @@*/~.....
.:~///$*¤¤ LEAST, THAT WAS TRUE FOR A WHILE. BUT ¤¤*$///~:.
.....~~~$¤ ALL THE ENGINEERS COME FROM OTHER TOWNS ¤$~~~.....
.:~/$*¤@## THESE DAYS. US LOCALS ARE NOW ONLY GOOD ##@¤*$/~:.
.:~/$*@@## TO BE JANITORS, OR SECURITY GUARDS, ##@@*$/~:.
.:~/$$**¤@ MAYBE. @¤**$$/~:.
.:~/$*¤@@@ @@@¤*$/~:.
.:~/$*¤@@# WELL, HERE IT IS: #@@¤*$/~:.
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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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