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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 @¤§§§§/»^,
,^»/§$¤@@# Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is #@@¤$§/»^,
^»/§$¤@@## Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not ##@@¤$§/»^
,^»/§$¤@@# As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons #@@¤$§/»^,
,^»/§$¤@@# From Below. #@@¤$§/»^,
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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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,^»/§$¤@@@ ######################################## @@@¤$§/»^,
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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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