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,¤¤,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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