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,,,^~*%%@#                                          #@%%*~^,,,
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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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