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.¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤. gray skies, swirling with soot. stony ...¤¤.....
..¤¤¤¤¤¤.. ground with no hints of vegetation. ¤¤....¤¤¤¤
...¤¤¤¤..¤ ...¤¤..¤¤.
¤¤..¤¤.... 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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤. .¤¤¤¤....¤
¤¤¤¤...... 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. , , , ..¤¤..¤¤..
.......... . . . . . . ..........
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ . . . 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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