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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. ,,¤¤¤,,¤,,
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¤¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤ 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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¤¤¤¤¤,,¤¤, @ @ @ 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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