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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. ,¤,,¤¤¤¤,,
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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. : : : ¤¤,,¤,,¤,,
¤,,¤,,¤,,, , , , , , , ,,¤,¤¤,¤¤,
¤¤,¤¤,¤¤,, , , , 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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