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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         ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=\†
$†\=-¨¨¨¨¨           Away. The Elves Have           ¨¨¨¨¨-=\†$
&$†\=-¨¨¨¨       Strapped Themselves In, And        ¨¨¨¨-=\†$&
@&$†\=-¨¨¨        Are Lying Completely Still,       ¨¨¨-=\†$&@
#@&$†\=-¨¨               Like Corpses.              ¨¨-=\†$&@#
##@&$†\=-¨                                          ¨-=\†$&@##
###@&$†\=-                                          -=\†$&@###
##@&$†\=-¨                                          ¨-=\†$&@##
#@&$†\=-¨¨                                          ¨¨-=\†$&@#
@&$†\=-¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨-=\†$&@