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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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