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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. - - - .&&&....&.
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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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