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..-=§¤#### 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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..-=§¤#@## . . . The Engines Are Burning Hot, . . . ##@#¤§=-..
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..-=§¤#@## Away. The Elves Have ##@#¤§=-..
..-=§¤#@## Strapped Themselves In, And ##@#¤§=-..
..-=§¤¤¤#@ Are Lying Completely Still, @#¤¤¤§=-..
..-=§¤#### Like Corpses. ####¤§=-..
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