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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. ~ ~ ~ ,,~~\†&###
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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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