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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.           ###@£%:=,,
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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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