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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. #@#%%;»-,,
,,,-»;%%#@ @#%%;»-,,,
,,,,-»;%%# 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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