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¨¨.-\*%&¶# Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨¨.-\*%&¶# As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨¨.-\*%&¶# The Center Of The Planetoid, Something #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨.-\*%&¶## Reached, And Over Time, The Seedling ##¶&%*\-.¨
¨¨.-\*%&¶# Became A Sludge. #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨¨.-\*%&¶# And Elves Came As Miners, And The #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨¨.-\*%&¶# % @ ¶ Prepared For Launch, ¶ @ % #¶&%*\-.¨¨
¨.-\*%&¶## * ¶ ¶ Ignition Sequence Started ¶ ¶ * ##¶&%*\-.¨
¨¨.-\*%&¶# \ & ¶ Hours Ago. Elves In The ¶ & \ #¶&%*\-.¨¨
¨.-\*%&¶## \ * & Passenger Cabin, Not Yet & * \ ##¶&%*\-.¨
¨¨.-\*%&¶# - \ & Seated. But Something Is & \ - #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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¨¨.-\*%&¶# . . - Entertained, And Then - . . #¶&%*\-.¨¨
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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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