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...,~\*%¤¶ ¶¤%*\~,...
....,~\*%¤ ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% %*\~,.....
....,~\*%¤ **\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\* ¤%*\~,....
...,~\*%¤¶ * LCROSS \ ¶¤%*\~,...
..,~\*%¤¶# \**\\*\**\\*\**\\*\**\\*\**\\*\**\\*\**\ #¶¤%*\~,..
.,~\*%¤¶## ##¶¤%*\~,.
..,~\*%¤¶# I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT #¶¤%*\~,..
...,~\*%¤¶ II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET ¶¤%*\~,...
....,~\*%¤ III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED %*\~,.....
....,~\*%¤ IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS ¤%*\~,....
...,~\*%¤¶ WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS ¶¤%*\~,...
..,~\*%¤¶# V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH #¶¤%*\~,..
.,~\*%¤¶## BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS ##¶¤%*\~,.
..,~\*%¤¶# PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED #¶¤%*\~,..
...,~\*%¤¶ VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER ¶¤%*\~,...
....,~\*%¤ ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% **\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\*\\**\* %*\~,.....
....,~\*%¤ ¤%*\~,....
...,~\*%¤¶ 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. ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% %*\~,.....
....,~\*%¤ THESE CHEMS ARE MADE TO CREATE THE ¤%*\~,....
...,~\*%¤¶ CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO ¶¤%*\~,...
..,~\*%¤¶# GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF #¶¤%*\~,..
.,~\*%¤¶## METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE ##¶¤%*\~,.
..,~\*%¤¶# PREVIOUS YIELD. #¶¤%*\~,..
...,~\*%¤¶ ¶¤%*\~,...
....,~\*%¤ IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% 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. ¶¤%*\~,...
....,~\*%¤ THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ¤%*\~,....
.....,~\*% CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE %*\~,.....
....,~\*%¤ PROFESSION) ¤%*\~,....
...,~\*%¤¶ ¶¤%*\~,...
..,~\*%¤¶# #¶¤%*\~,..
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