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¨¨¨~~**$@@ @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# Gray Skies, Swirling With Soot. Stony #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Below The Surface Are The Mines, @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Compared To The Caverns They Eventually @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ From Below. @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Long Ago, There Was A Lifeform Here. In @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# The Center Of The Planetoid, Something #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Dormant, Waiting For A Collision With @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ Another Body. But No Planet Was @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Reached, And Over Time, The Seedling @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# Became A Sludge. #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ And Elves Came As Miners, And The @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ Sludge Was Bottled. @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ ######################################## @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ # # @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ # #@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@# # @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# # @ @ # #@@@$**~~¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ @ @ @@@@*@********************@*@@@@ @ @ @@@$**~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~**$@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@$**~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~**$@@@ @ @ @ The Cargo Ship Is Filled, @ @ @ @@@$**~~¨¨
¨~~**$@@@# $ @ @ 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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