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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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