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¨~~;*$@#@# Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. #@#@$*;~~¨
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¨¨¨~~;;;$# Below The Surface Are The Mines, #$;;;~~¨¨¨
¨~~;*$@#@# Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small #@#@$*;~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*$@@ Compared To The Caverns They Eventually @@$*~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~;$$# Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not #$$;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~~~;*@@@ 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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¨~~;*$@#@# $ @ # Prepared For Launch, # @ $ #@#@$*;~~¨
¨~~;*$@#@# * # # Ignition Sequence Started # # * #@#@$*;~~¨
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¨~~;*$@#@# ~ ~ ; The Sludge Has Been Sampled, ; ~ ~ #@#@$*;~~¨
¨~~~~;*@## ~ ~ ~ Entertained, And Then ~ ~ ~ ##@*;~~~~¨
¨~~;*$@#@# ~ ~ ~ Finally Binged On. ~ ~ ~ #@#@$*;~~¨
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¨¨~~;;;*@@ And The Ship Accelerates @@*;;;~~¨¨
¨~~;*$@#@# Away. The Elves Have #@#@$*;~~¨
¨~~;*$@### Strapped Themselves In, And ###@$*;~~¨
¨~~;*$@#@# Are Lying Completely Still, #@#@$*;~~¨
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