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