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#,,#,,,,## Gray Skies,  Swirling  With Soot.  Stony ,,,,,##,,#
,,,,,##,,# Ground  With  No  Hints  Of  Vegetation. ####,,,,,,
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###,,####, Below  The   Surface   Are  The   Mines, ,#,,,,####
##,,,,##,, Spiraling Down  Into  The  Crust.  Small ,,,##,,###
#,,##,,,,# Compared To The  Caverns They Eventually ##,,,,,,##
,,,,,,##,, Reach And  Join With. The Temperature Is #,,####,,#
,####,,,,, Higher  Down Here,  And  The View Is Not ,,,,##,,,,
,,##,,#### As  Monochrome: A  Green  Light  Beckons ###,,,,###
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,####,,### Long Ago, There Was  A Lifeform Here. In #########,
,,##,,,,## The  Center  Of The Planetoid, Something ########,,
#,,,,##,,, Dormant,  Waiting For A  Collision  With ,######,,#
,,##,,,,## Another  Body.   But   No   Planet   Was ,,####,,,,
#,,,,##,,# Reached,  And Over  Time,  The  Seedling ,,,##,,###
,,##,,,,,,             Became A Sludge.             ##,,,,,,##
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####,,#### And  Elves  Came  As  Miners,  And   The ##,,##,,##
###,,,,##,           Sludge Was Bottled.            #,,,,,,,,#
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,##,,,,### ¶ # #   The Cargo Ship Is Filled,  # # ¶ ,######,,,
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,##,,,,,,# † ¶ ¶   Ignition Sequence Started  ¶ ¶ † #,,##,,,,,
,,,,####,, = # ¶    Hours Ago. Elves In The   ¶ # = ,,,,,,####
,##,,##,,, = † #   Passenger Cabin, Not Yet   # † = #####,,##,
,,,,,,,,## « = #   Seated. But Something Is   # = « ####,,,,,,
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######,,,, ~ ~ †   Green Around Their Mouths. † ~ ~ ,,,,,,####
#####,,### ~ ~ = The Sludge Has Been Sampled, = ~ ~ ,####,,###
####,,,,## ~ ~ «     Entertained, And Then    « ~ ~ ,,##,,,,##
###,,##,,, ~ ~ ~      Finally Binged On.      ~ ~ ~ #,,,,##,,#
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##,,##,,##         And The Ship Accelerates         ,,##,,##,,
,,,,,,,,,,           Away. The Elves Have           ,,,,,,,,,,
##########        Strapped Themselves In, And       ##########
##########        Are Lying Completely Still,       ##########
##########               Like Corpses.              ##########
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