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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. ....,~†=%#
##%=†~,... ...,~†=%##
###%=†~,.. 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. , , , ......,~†=
†~,....... . . . . . . .......,~†
~,........ . . . 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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