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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. ¨¨¨¨^^:^%@
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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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