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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 #####£§†-,
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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. § , , ####£§†-,,
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,,-†§£#### , , -     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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