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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.             ,,,,,,,,^=
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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.      ^ ^ ^ ,,,,,,,,,^
=^,,,,,,,, , , ,                              , , , ,,,,,,,,^=
:=^,,,,,,, , , , 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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