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,,,,,,,,#, GRAY SKIES,  SWIRLING  WITH  SOOT. STONY ,#,,,,###,
,,,,,,,,,# GROUND  WITH  NO  HINTS  OF  VEGETATION. ,,#,,,#,##
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###,,,,,,, SPIRALING  DOWN  INTO  THE  CRUST. SMALL ###,,#,,,,
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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 ,,#,,,,###
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,#,,,#,##, # @ @   THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED,  @ @ # ,,,,,#,##,
,,#,,,,### * @ #      PREPARED FOR LAUNCH,    # @ * #,,,,,,###
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,###,,#,,, = ; #   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, , , , #,,,#,,,,#
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,###,,,,,#           AWAY. THE ELVES HAVE           ,,#,,,#,,,
,#,##,,,,,       STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND        ,,,#,,,#,,
,,,###,,,,       ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL,        ,,,,#,,,#,
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