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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 $*«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«*                From Below.               *«~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ Long Ago, There Was A Lifeform  Here. In ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, The Center  Of The Planetoid,  Something ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, Dormant, Waiting  For  A Collision  With ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, Another   Body.   But   No   Planet  Was ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, Reached,  And  Over  Time, The  Seedling ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             Became A Sludge.             ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, And  Elves  Came  As   Miners,  And  The ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~            Sludge Was Bottled.           ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~«* ######################################## *«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~«*$ #                                      # $*«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«*$& # ######@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@###### # &$*«~,,,,,
,,,,~«*$&@ # #                                  # # @&$*«~,,,,
,,,~«*$&@# # # #@@@$@$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$@$@@@# # # #@&$*«~,,,
,,~«*$&@## @ # #                              # # @ ##@&$*«~,,
,~«*$&@### @ # #   The Cargo Ship Is Filled,  # # @ ###@&$*«~,
,,~«*$&@## & # @      Prepared For Launch,    @ # & ##@&$*«~,,
,,,~«*$&@# $ @ @   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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