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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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