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§¤%==^.... LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED ....^==%¤§
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=^........ BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS ........^=
^......... PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED .........^
.......... VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER ..........
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.......... ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN ..........
.......... CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS ..........
.......... ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ..........
.......... FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE ..........
.......... MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ..........
^......... (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. .........^
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§¤%==^.... CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ....^==%¤§
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