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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. ¨&&¨&¨¨¨&¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&& &¨&&&¨¨&&&
&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨& ######################################## &&¨¨&¨&¨¨&
¨&¨¨¨¨&&&¨ # # ¨&¨&&&&¨&¨
&&¨¨¨&¨¨&& # #@#@@@&@&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&@&@@@#@# # &&&¨¨¨&&&¨
¨&¨¨&&¨&¨¨ # @ @ # ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&&
&&¨&¨&&&¨& @ @ @¶¶&%&%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%&%&¶¶@ @ @ ¨&&¨&&¨&¨&
¨&&&&¨¨&&¨ ¶ @ @ @ @ ¶ &¨&&¨&&&&¨
&¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨ ¶ @ @ 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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