,:=†^$@£@# #@£@$^†=:,
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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. @@^=,,,,,,
,:=†^$@£@# #@£@$^†=:,
,,,,:†^@@@ ######################################## @@@^†:,,,,
,,,,,:††$@ # # @$††:,,,,,
,:=†^$@£@@ # #@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@# # @@£@$^†=:,
,,,,,,:†^@ # @ @ # @^†:,,,,,,
,:=†^$@£@# @ @ @££@^@^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^@^@££@ @ @ #@£@$^†=:,
,:=†^$@££@ £ @ @ @ @ £ @££@$^†=:,
,:=††^^$£@ £ @ @ THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED, @ @ £ @£$^^††=:,
,:=†^$@£@# $ @ £ 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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