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#@$$:»-,,, ground with no hints of vegetation. ,,,-»:$$@#
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$$:»-,,,,, from below. ,,,,,-»:$$
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#@$$:»-,,, reached, and over time, the seedling ,,,-»:$$@#
@$$:»-,,,, became a sludge. ,,,,-»:$$@
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$:»-,,,,,, and elves came as miners, and the ,,,,,,-»:$
$$:»-,,,,, sludge was bottled. ,,,,,-»:$$
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$$:»-,,,,, $ # # ignition sequence started # # $ ,,,,,-»:$$
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@$$:»-,,,, and the ship accelerates ,,,,-»:$$@
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@#@$$:»-,, strapped themselves in, and ,,-»:$$@#@
#@#@$$:»-, are lying completely still, ,-»:$$@#@#
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