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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, ###@§*\»-¨
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¨¨¨¨-»\*§@ REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS @§*\»-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-»\*§ HIGHER DOWN HERE, AND THE VIEW IS NOT §*\»-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-»\* AS MONOCHROME: A GREEN LIGHT BECKONS *\»-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 @§*\»-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-»\*§ SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. §*\»-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-»\*§@ \ & @ HOURS AGO. ELVES IN THE @ & \ @§*\»-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-»\*§ \ * & PASSENGER CABIN, NOT YET & * \ §*\»-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-»\*§ - - \ THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, \ - - §*\»-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-»\*§@ - - » ENTERTAINED, AND THEN » - - @§*\»-¨¨¨¨
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¨¨-»\*§@## AND THE SHIP ACCELERATES ##@§*\»-¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-»\*§@ STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND @§*\»-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-»\*§ ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL, §*\»-¨¨¨¨¨
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