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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. ##@¤¤%^»^¨
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¨^»^%¤¤@## AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE ##@¤¤%^»^¨
¨^^»^%%%¤@ SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. @¤%%%^»^^¨
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¨^»^%¤¤@## ######################################## ##@¤¤%^»^¨
¨¨¨¨^^»%¤¤ # # ¤¤%»^^¨¨¨¨
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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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