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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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,@,@,@,@,@ ######################################## ,,@,,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@ # # ,@@,@@,@,@
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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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