¨¨,»\%*#@# #@#*%\»,¨¨
¨,»\%*#@## ##@#*%\»,¨
¨¨,»\%*#@# #@#*%\»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»\%*#@ @#*%\»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»\%*# #*%\»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»\%*#@ 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. ##@#*%\»,¨
¨¨,»\%*#@# #@#*%\»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»\%*#@ @#*%\»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»\%*# #*%\»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»\%*#@ @#*%\»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»\%*#@# #@#*%\»,¨¨