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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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