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.~-^^$## III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE ###&$^^-~.
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.~-^^^^@ IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS @#&^^^^-~.
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.~-^^$@# V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@# BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@@ PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED @@#&$^^-~.
.....~^^&@ VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER @&^^~.....
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....~-^$## ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ##$^-~....
...~^^^$$& FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE &$$^^^~...
.~-^^$@# MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$&&&@ (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. @&&&$^^-~.
...~-^^$#@ @#$^^-~...
.~-^^$@# THESE CHEMS ARE MADE TO CREATE THE #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@# CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO #@#&$^^-~.
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.~-^^$## PREVIOUS YIELD. ###&$^^-~.
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..~~-^$&&@ TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE @&&$^-~~..
.~-^^$@# LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@@ CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS @@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@# TO BE USED. #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^$@# #@#&$^^-~.
.~-^^@## LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ##@#&^^-~.
.~-^^$$@ FARMS. @#&$$^^-~.
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