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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 ,,,,,-;*§¤
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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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#¤§*;-,,,, # @ @ the cargo ship is filled, @ @ # ,,,,-;*§¤#
@#¤§*;-,,, § @ # prepared for launch, # @ § ,,,-;*§¤#@
#@#¤§*;-,, * # # ignition sequence started # # * ,,-;*§¤#@#
##@#¤§*;-, ; ¤ # hours ago. elves in the # ¤ ; ,-;*§¤#@##
#@#¤§*;-,, ; * ¤ passenger cabin, not yet ¤ * ; ,,-;*§¤#@#
@#¤§*;-,,, - ; ¤ seated. but something is ¤ ; - ,,,-;*§¤#@
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¤§*;-,,,,, ^ ^ * 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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