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#%†\-,.... GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ....,-\†%#
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%†\-,..... SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE CRUST. SMALL .....,-\†%
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###%†\-,.. † @ @ IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED @ @ † ..,-\†%###
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%†\-,..... STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND .....,-\†%
†\-,...... ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL, ......,-\†
%†\-,..... LIKE CORPSES. .....,-\†%
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