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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 @ \ ~ #@@*\\\~,¨
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¨,~\**@#@@ , , * 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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