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.,-:§$¤¤¤@ GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY @¤¤¤$§:-,.
..,,,-:$¤¤ GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ¤¤$:-,,,..
.,-:§$¤@@# #@@¤$§:-,.
.,-:§$¤@@@ BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, @@@¤$§:-,.
.,-:§$¤@@# SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE CRUST. SMALL #@@¤$§:-,.
.,-:§$¤@@# COMPARED TO THE CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY #@@¤$§:-,.
.,-:§$¤@## REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS ##@¤$§:-,.
.,-:§§§$$@ HIGHER DOWN HERE, AND THE VIEW IS NOT @$$§§§:-,.
.,-:§§$¤@@ AS MONOCHROME: A GREEN LIGHT BECKONS @@¤$§§:-,.
.,-:$¤@@## FROM BELOW. ##@@¤$:-,.
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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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