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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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,,,,,=^^¤& ######################################## &¤^^=,,,,,
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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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