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..,-^*$#@# GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. #@#$*^-,..
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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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..,-^*$#@# LONG AGO, THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN #@#$*^-,..
.,-^*$#@## THE CENTER OF THE PLANETOID, SOMETHING ##@#$*^-,.
..,-^*$#@# DORMANT, WAITING FOR A COLLISION WITH #@#$*^-,..
...,-^*$#@ ANOTHER BODY. BUT NO PLANET WAS @#$*^-,...
..,-^*$#@# REACHED, AND OVER TIME, THE SEEDLING #@#$*^-,..
.,-^*$#@## BECAME A SLUDGE. ##@#$*^-,.
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...,-^*$#@ AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE @#$*^-,...
..,-^*$#@# SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. #@#$*^-,..
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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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