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##@¤%^\=,, 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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@@@¤%^\=,, 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. ,,=\^%¤@@#
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@%\\\==,,, 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 ¤ \ = ,,,,,=^^¤@
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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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