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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. ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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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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