,,~^%¤§@## ##@§¤%^~,,
,,~^%¤§@## ##@§¤%^~,,
,,~^%¤§@## ##@§¤%^~,,
,,,,,,~%§§ §§%~,,,,,,
,,,,,~%%¤@ @¤%%~,,,,,
,,,~~%¤¤¤@ 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. ##@§¤%^~,,
,,~^%¤§### ###§¤%^~,,
,,,,,~^%§§ §§%^~,,,,,
,,~^%¤§§§@ @§§§¤%^~,,
,,~^%¤§@## ##@§¤%^~,,
,,,,^^^^¤@ @¤^^^^,,,,