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,,,,,,,,,, GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,-»†
»-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-»
-,,,,,,,,, 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. - - - ,,-»†%¤###
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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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