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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. , , , ¤£§//-,,,,
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,,-/§£¤¤¤@ , , , 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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