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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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