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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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