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,,,,.==$## BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, ##$==.,,,,
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,.»==$¤### COMPARED TO THE CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY ###¤$==».,
,.»==$¤### REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS ###¤$==».,
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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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,,,,..»=$¤ AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE ¤$=»..,,,,
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,.»==$¤¤¤# # # # THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED, # # # #¤¤¤$==».,
,.»==$¤### $ # # PREPARED FOR LAUNCH, # # $ ###¤$==».,
,.»==$¤### = # # IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED # # = ###¤$==».,
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,.»==$¤### . . = GREEN AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. = . . ###¤$==».,
,.»==$¤### . . = THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, = . . ###¤$==».,
,.»==$¤### . . » ENTERTAINED, AND THEN » . . ###¤$==».,
,,,,»===$¤ . . . FINALLY BINGED ON. . . . ¤$===»,,,,
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,.»»»»»»=¤ STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND ¤=»»»»»».,
,.»==$¤### ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL, ###¤$==».,
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