%/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/%
/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨,=/%¤£###
##£¤%/=,¨¨ ¨¨,=/%¤£##
#£¤%/=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=/%¤£#
£¤%/=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=/%¤£
¤%/=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=/%¤
%/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/%