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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. @¶¶¤&†:~~,
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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. @¤&†:~,,,,
,~~:†&¤¶## ##¶¤&†:~~,
,~~:†&¤¶@# 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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