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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 ##,,#####,
##,,,,,,,,               FROM BELOW.                ,,,,,###,,
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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.             ##,,#,,,,,
##,,######                                          #,,,,,####
#,,,,##### AND  ELVES   CAME  AS  MINERS,  AND  THE ,,###,,###
,,##,,####           SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED.            ,,,#,,,,##
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##,,,,,,,, @ # #   THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED,  # # @ #,,,####,,
,,,######, $ # @      PREPARED FOR LAUNCH,    @ # $ ,,#,,##,,,
##,,####,, * @ @   IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED  @ @ * #,,,,,,,##
#,,,,##,,, / # @    HOURS AGO. ELVES IN THE   @ # / ,,#####,,#
,,##,,,,## / * #   PASSENGER CABIN, NOT YET   # * / ,,,###,,,,
#,,,,##,,# » / #   SEATED. BUT SOMETHING IS   # / » ##,,#,,###
,,##,,,,,, » » $   WRONG. THERE IS SOMETHING  $ » » ,,,,,,,,##
,,,,,##### , , *   GREEN AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. * , , #######,,,
####,,#### , , / THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, / , , ,#####,,##
###,,,,### , , »     ENTERTAINED, AND THEN    » , , ,,###,,,,#
##,,##,,#, , , ,      FINALLY BINGED ON.      , , , #,,#,,##,,
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########## , , , THE ENGINES ARE BURNING HOT, , , , ##########
##########         AND THE SHIP ACCELERATES         ##########
##########           AWAY. THE ELVES HAVE           ##########
##########       STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND        ##########
##########        ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL,       ##########
##########               LIKE CORPSES.              ##########
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