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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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,,~~^*£¶## 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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,,,,~~^*£¶ * # ¶ 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. ~ ~ ~ #¶£*^~~,,,
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,,~~^*£¶## And The Ship Accelerates ##¶£*^~~,,
,,,~~^*£¶# Away. The Elves Have #¶£*^~~,,,
,,,,~~^*£¶ Strapped Themselves In, And ¶£*^~~,,,,
,,,,,~~^*£ Are Lying Completely Still, £*^~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~^* Like Corpses. *^~~,,,,,,
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