.^~=*%§###                                          ###§%*=~^.
.^~=%§####                                          ####§%=~^.
...^~==*%#                                          #%*==~^...
.....~**%§                                          §%**~.....
.^~=%§####                                          ####§%=~^.
.^~=*%§### 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.           §*=~^.....
.^~=*%§###                                          ###§%*=~^.
....~=%%§§ ######################################## §§%%=~....
....^=%%## #                                      # ##%%=^....
.^~=*%§### # ######§#§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§#§###### # ###§%*=~^.
.^~=*%§§§§ # #                                  # # §§§§%*=~^.
.^~=*%§### # # ###§*§********************§*§### # # ###§%*=~^.
......^=%# # # #                              # # # #%=^......
......~=*§ # # #   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.               ###§%*=~^.
..^^===%%§                                          §%%===^^..
.....^~*§#                                          #§*~^.....
.^~=*%§###                                          ###§%*=~^.
.^~=*%§###                                          ###§%*=~^.
...^^==%§#                                          #§%==^^...