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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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,,,,,»\=££ £ # # the cargo ship is filled, # # £ ££=\»,,,,,
,,,,»\=££# £ # £ prepared for launch, £ # £ #££=\»,,,,
,,,»\=££## = £ £ ignition sequence started £ £ = ##££=\»,,,
,,»\=££### \ & £ hours ago. elves in the £ & \ ###££=\»,,
,,,»\=££## \ = & passenger cabin, not yet & = \ ##££=\»,,,
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,,,,,»\=££ » » £ wrong. there is something £ » » ££=\»,,,,,
,,,,»\=££# , , = green around their mouths. = , , #££=\»,,,,
,,,»\=££## , , \ the sludge has been sampled, \ , , ##££=\»,,,
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,,,»\=££## , , , 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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