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##¶¤%§/«,, GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ,,«/§%¤¶##
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¶¤%§/«,,,, BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, ,,,,«/§%¤¶
¤%§/«,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,«
,,,,,,,,,, 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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/«,,,,,,,, ¶ # # 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 « , , ,,,,,«/§%¤
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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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