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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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