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¨.=/%§£### below the surface are the mines, ###£§%/=.¨
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¨¨.=/%§£## reach and join with. the temperature is ##£§%/=.¨¨
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¨¨.=/%§£## 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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¨¨.=/%§£## § # # prepared for launch, # # § ##£§%/=.¨¨
¨.=/%§£### % # # ignition sequence started # # % ###£§%/=.¨
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¨.=/%§£### / % £ passenger cabin, not yet £ % / ###£§%/=.¨
¨¨.=/%§£## = / £ seated. but something is £ / = ##£§%/=.¨¨
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¨.=/%§£### . . / the sludge has been sampled, / . . ###£§%/=.¨
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¨.=/%§£### away. the elves have ###£§%/=.¨
¨¨.=/%§£## strapped themselves in, and ##£§%/=.¨¨
¨.=/%§£### are lying completely still, ###£§%/=.¨
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