,,»/^&##@@ @@##&^/»,,
,,,,»^&##@ @##&^»,,,,
,,,,,,»^&# #&^»,,,,,,
,,,,»»»^^# #^^»»»,,,,
,,»»»^&##@ @##&^»»»,,
,,»/^&#### 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. ###^^^/»,,
,,»/^&#@## ##@#&^/»,,
,,»»»^^##@ @##^^»»»,,
,,,,,»/^&# #&^/»,,,,,
,,,,,//^## ##^//,,,,,
,,,,»/^^#@ @#^^/»,,,,