,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE CRUST. SMALL @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# COMPARED TO THE CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# HIGHER DOWN HERE, AND THE VIEW IS NOT #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ AS MONOCHROME: A GREEN LIGHT BECKONS @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# FROM BELOW. #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# LONG AGO, THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ THE CENTER OF THE PLANETOID, SOMETHING @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# DORMANT, WAITING FOR A COLLISION WITH #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ ANOTHER BODY. BUT NO PLANET WAS @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# REACHED, AND OVER TIME, THE SEEDLING #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ BECAME A SLUDGE. @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# ######################################## #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ # # @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# # #@#@@@&@&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&@&@@@#@# # #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ # @ @ # @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# @ @ @##&†&††††††††††††††††††††&†&##@ @ @ #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ # @ @ @ @ # @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# # @ @ THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED, @ @ # #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ $ @ # 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. @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,
,,^«;†$&#@ @#&$†;«^,,
,^«;†$&#@# #@#&$†;«^,