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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.                =*~,,,,,,,
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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.             *=*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*=*£                                          £*=*~,,,,,
,,,,~*=*£# And  Elves  Came  As   Miners,  And  The #£*=*~,,,,
,,,~*=*£##            Sludge Was Bottled.           ##£*=*~,,,
,,~*=*£###                                          ###£*=*~,,
,~*=*£#### ######################################## ####£*=*~,
,,~*=*£### #                                      # ###£*=*~,,
,,,~*=*£## # ######£#££££££££££££££££££££#£###### # ##£*=*~,,,
,,,,~*=*£# # #                                  # # #£*=*~,,,,
,,,,,~*=*£ # # ###£=£====================£=£### # # £*=*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*=* # # #                              # # # *=*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*= # # #   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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