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,^=\***£@@ 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. #@@£¤*\=^,
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,^=\*¤£@@@ and elves came as miners, and the @@@£¤*\=^,
,,,,=\*££@ sludge was bottled. @££*\=,,,,
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,^=\*£@@## ¤ @ @ 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. @£££¤*\=^,
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