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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.      , , , ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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