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#¤†:=,,,,, gray skies, swirling with soot. stony ,,,,,=:†¤#
##¤†:=,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,=:†
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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 # : = ,,,,,,,,,=
:=,,,,,,,, = = ¤ 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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