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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.             #@&%†^«,..
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..,«^†%&@# AND  ELVES  CAME  AS   MINERS,  AND  THE #@&%†^«,..
.,«^†%&@##            SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED.           ##@&%†^«,.
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.,«^†%&@## ######################################## ##@&%†^«,.
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.,«^†%&@## # ######&#&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&#&###### # ##@&%†^«,.
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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.      , , , ##@&%†^«,.
..,«^†%&@# . . .                              . . . #@&%†^«,..
.,«^†%&@## . . . 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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