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**†-,,,,,, 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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