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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. ¨¨¨¨¨:»;=§
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§=;»:¨¨¨¨¨ And Elves Came As Miners, And The ¨¨¨¨¨:»;=§
@§=;»:¨¨¨¨ Sludge Was Bottled. ¨¨¨¨:»;=§@
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§=;»:¨¨¨¨¨ § # @ Prepared For Launch, @ # § ¨¨¨¨¨:»;=§
@§=;»:¨¨¨¨ = @ @ Ignition Sequence Started @ @ = ¨¨¨¨:»;=§@
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#@§=;»:¨¨¨ : : = Green Around Their Mouths. = : : ¨¨¨:»;=§@#
@§=;»:¨¨¨¨ : : ; The Sludge Has Been Sampled, ; : : ¨¨¨¨:»;=§@
§=;»:¨¨¨¨¨ : : » Entertained, And Then » : : ¨¨¨¨¨:»;=§
=;»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ : : : Finally Binged On. : : : ¨¨¨¨¨¨:»;=
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@§=;»:¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ 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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