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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. @,@@,,,@@@
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@@,,@,@@,, 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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