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,,..===^§§ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. §§^===..,,
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,.=\^%§### Below The Surface Are The Mines, ###§%^\=.,
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,.=\^%§@## 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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,,,,==^%%§ % # @ Prepared For Launch, @ # % §%%^==,,,,
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,.=\^%%%@# \ ^ § Passenger Cabin, Not Yet § ^ \ #@%%%^\=.,
,.=\^%§@## = \ § Seated. But Something Is § \ = ##@§%^\=.,
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,.=\^%%%@# Are Lying Completely Still, #@%%%^\=.,
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