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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. ^ ^ ^ .....&...&
.&&&...... . . . . . . ......&...
.&.&&..... . . . 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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