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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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@#&*§/«^,, # @ @ 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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@#&*§/«^,, , , , 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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