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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. ^ ^ ^ .^-†*@&@##
##@&@*†-^. . . . . . . .^-†*@&@##
##@&@*†-^. . . . 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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#&*--^.... ....^--*
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