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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.= gray skies, swirling with soot. stony =.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. ground with no hints of vegetation. .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. . . . #@£¤£%\=.¨
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¨¨¨.=\%£¤£ ¨ ¨ ¨ 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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