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,,,,,,/§§# 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.           #¶§**««,,,
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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.      , , , #§§§/«,,,,
,,«/////§§ , , ,                              , , , §§/////«,,
,,,,«/*§§§ , , , 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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