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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 ,,~^%*@@##
#@@*%^~,,, From Below. ,,,~^%*@@#
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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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@*%^~,,,,, ######################################## ,,,,,~^%*@
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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. , , , ,,,,,~^%*@
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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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