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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 ,,,,@@,,@,
@@@@,,,,,, 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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