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&¤%:~^¨¨¨¨ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. ¨¨¨¨^~:%¤&
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#@@&¤%:~^¨ Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small ¨^~:%¤&@@#
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@&¤%:~^¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨^~:%¤&@
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#@@&¤%:~^¨ And Elves Came As Miners, And The ¨^~:%¤&@@#
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¤%:~^¨¨¨¨¨ ¤ @ @ Prepared For Launch, @ @ ¤ ¨¨¨¨¨^~:%¤
&¤%:~^¨¨¨¨ % @ @ Ignition Sequence Started @ @ % ¨¨¨¨^~:%¤&
@&¤%:~^¨¨¨ : & @ Hours Ago. Elves In The @ & : ¨¨¨^~:%¤&@
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#@@&¤%:~^¨ ~ : & Seated. But Something Is & : ~ ¨^~:%¤&@@#
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&¤%:~^¨¨¨¨ ^ ^ : The Sludge Has Been Sampled, : ^ ^ ¨¨¨¨^~:%¤&
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:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ And The Ship Accelerates ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~:
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