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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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