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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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