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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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¨¨~~^^$£@# @ # # the cargo ship is filled, # # @ #@£$^^~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~^^$£@ $ # @ 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. ~ ~ ~ #@£$^^~~¨¨
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¨¨¨~~^^$£@ and the ship accelerates @£$^^~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~^^$£@# away. the elves have #@£$^^~~¨¨
¨~~^^$£@## strapped themselves in, and ##@£$^^~~¨
¨¨~~^^$£@# are lying completely still, #@£$^^~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~^^$£@ like corpses. @£$^^~~¨¨¨
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