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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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