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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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