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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 §@@==^^^^.
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.......»%§ 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 § = » #@@§@%=»^.
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.^»=%@§@@@ ^ ^ % 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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