¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-                                          -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^                                          ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^† 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.              @¤†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†¤                                          ¤†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^†                                          †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^                                          ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-                                          -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨