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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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