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........@@ ......@@@.
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@......... .@......@@
@@........ 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. @.@@...@@@
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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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