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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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