.,-\%%¤@## ##@¤%%\-,.
...--\%%¤¤ ¤¤%%\--...
.,-\%%¤@## ##@¤%%\-,.
.,---%%¤¤@ @¤¤%%---,.
.,-\%%@### ###@%%\-,.
.,,,-\%%¤¤ 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. ##@¤%%\-,.
....-%%¤@# #@¤%%-....
......,\%¤ ¤%\,......
.,-\%%¤@## ##@¤%%\-,.
..,---\%%@ @%%\---,..
.....,-\%@ @%\-,.....