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###@$^/=,, GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY ,,=/^$@###
##@$^/=,,, GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ,,,=/^$@##
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@$^/=,,,,, BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, ,,,,,=/^$@
#@$^/=,,,, SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE CRUST. SMALL ,,,,=/^$@#
##@$^/=,,, COMPARED TO THE CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY ,,,=/^$@##
###@$^/=,, REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS ,,=/^$@###
##@$^/=,,, HIGHER DOWN HERE, AND THE VIEW IS NOT ,,,=/^$@##
#@$^/=,,,, AS MONOCHROME: A GREEN LIGHT BECKONS ,,,,=/^$@#
@$^/=,,,,, FROM BELOW. ,,,,,=/^$@
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##@$^/=,,, LONG AGO, THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN ,,,=/^$@##
###@$^/=,, THE CENTER OF THE PLANETOID, SOMETHING ,,=/^$@###
##@$^/=,,, DORMANT, WAITING FOR A COLLISION WITH ,,,=/^$@##
#@$^/=,,,, ANOTHER BODY. BUT NO PLANET WAS ,,,,=/^$@#
@$^/=,,,,, REACHED, AND OVER TIME, THE SEEDLING ,,,,,=/^$@
#@$^/=,,,, BECAME A SLUDGE. ,,,,=/^$@#
##@$^/=,,, ,,,=/^$@##
###@$^/=,, AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE ,,=/^$@###
##@$^/=,,, SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. ,,,=/^$@##
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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 @ / = ,,,,=/^$@#
@$^/=,,,,, = = $ 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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