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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. ¨&¨¨&&&&&&
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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. &¨¨¨&&&&&¨
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ &¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨¨¨¨&&¨& 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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