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#..#.#.#.# 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.             #.#.##.##.
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#.##.#.#.# AND  ELVES  CAME  AS  MINERS,   AND  THE #.#.##.##.
#..#.#.#.#            SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED.           #.#..#..#.
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#.##.#.#.# - - ~     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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