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....#....# Gray  Skies,  Swirling  With Soot. Stony .#.###..#.
...##...## 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 ##.####.#.
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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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######..#. % @ @   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.      ^ ^ ^ ..#..#....
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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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