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,,,,###,,, BELOW   THE  SURFACE   ARE   THE  MINES, ,,,,,#,,,,
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,,,,,,###, COMPARED TO THE  CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY ,,,,,,,#,,
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,,,,,,,,## HIGHER DOWN  HERE, AND THE VIEW  IS  NOT ,,,,,,,,,#
#,,,,,,,#, AS  MONOCHROME:  A  GREEN LIGHT  BECKONS ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,#,,, 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 ,#,,,###,,
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#,,#,##,,, # # #   THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED,  # # # ,##,,,,#,,
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,,,,#,,#,, : : ^   GREEN AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. ^ : : #,##,,,###
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###,,#,##,        ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL,       ,##,,,#,,,
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