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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. ,,¤¤,,¤,,¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤,,,,,,,,,
,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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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