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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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