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.......-«† it's all - it's all about circles, about †«-.......
........-« toruses ("donuts"), it's about  spinning «-........
.........- very fast  and then  inviting  a spiral. -.........
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.....-«††$ a ring,  like  a halo,  surrounds me. my $††«-.....
....-«††$# badge  as plant  supervisor.  grants  me #$††«-....
...-«††$## powers.  lights  me  up  in  the  subtle ##$††«-...
..-«††$### silver-blue   color    of   the   plant. ###$††«-..
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..-«††$### the plant lures the  mist from atop  the ###$††«-..
...-«††$## dark  sea water.  it's  siphoned  inside ##$††«-...
....-«††$# the great mechanism.                     #$††«-....
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......-«†† there's  internal workers there, capable ††«-......
.......-«† of    surviving    turbine   conditions. †«-.......
........-« they're    escaped    and     reeducated «-........
.........- liquid glass   cats,   always   carfully -.........
........-« adjusting the mirrors  inside the torus, «-........
.......-«† absorbing  and  emanating  various  mist †«-.......
......-«†† wavelengths,  feeling  for other  things ††«-......
.....-«††$ in the mist.                             $††«-.....
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...-«††$## water  spirits  are  separated,   pushed ##$††«-...
..-«††$### into the  center funnel,  into the sharp ###$††«-..
.-«††$#### prism   at   its   bottom.their   voices ####$††«-.
..-«††$### combine  each  night  into  a  wonderful ###$††«-..
...-«††$## chorus    as    they    are   refracted. ##$††«-...
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.......-«† the dam. the hydroplant  at the edge  of †«-.......
........-« the sea. we  power our little pets  with «-........
.........- this energy.                             -.........
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