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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. ,,,@@@,,,,
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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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,,,,,@@@,, ######################################## @,,@,@@,,,
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,,,,,,,@@@ # ######@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@###### # @@@,,@,@@,
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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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