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#§†*=,¨¨¨¨ Gray Skies, Swirling With Soot. Stony ¨¨¨¨,=*†§#
##§†*=,¨¨¨ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. ¨¨¨,=*†§##
###§†*=,¨¨ ¨¨,=*†§###
####§†*=,¨ 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 # § * ¨¨,=*†§###
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###§†*=,¨¨ = * § Seated. But Something Is § * = ¨¨,=*†§###
##§†*=,¨¨¨ = = § Wrong. There Is Something § = = ¨¨¨,=*†§##
#§†*=,¨¨¨¨ , , † Green Around Their Mouths. † , , ¨¨¨¨,=*†§#
§†*=,¨¨¨¨¨ , , * The Sludge Has Been Sampled, * , , ¨¨¨¨¨,=*†§
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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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