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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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,,,,,,,~~^ # # ^~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~^% # #@#@@@&@&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&@&@@@#@# # %^~~,,,,,,
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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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