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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 #@@&*^/~:.
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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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