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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, ; , , ¤@$;;~~,,,
,,,,~~$$@¤ , , ~ Entertained, And Then ~ , , ¤@$$~~,,,,
,,~;$@@¤¤# , , , Finally Binged On. , , , #¤¤@@$;~,,
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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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