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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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