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@&§*:»^,,, Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. ,,,^»:*§&@
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#@&§*:»^,, Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small ,,^»:*§&@#
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&§*:»^,,,, Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is ,,,,^»:*§&
@&§*:»^,,, Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not ,,,^»:*§&@
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&§*:»^,,,, The Center Of The Planetoid, Something ,,,,^»:*§&
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&§*:»^,,,, And Elves Came As Miners, And The ,,,,^»:*§&
@&§*:»^,,, Sludge Was Bottled. ,,,^»:*§&@
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#@&§*:»^,, § @ @ Prepared For Launch, @ @ § ,,^»:*§&@#
@&§*:»^,,, * @ @ Ignition Sequence Started @ @ * ,,,^»:*§&@
&§*:»^,,,, : & @ Hours Ago. Elves In The @ & : ,,,,^»:*§&
@&§*:»^,,, : * & Passenger Cabin, Not Yet & * : ,,,^»:*§&@
#@&§*:»^,, » : & Seated. But Something Is & : » ,,^»:*§&@#
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@&§*:»^,,, ^ ^ : The Sludge Has Been Sampled, : ^ ^ ,,,^»:*§&@
&§*:»^,,,, ^ ^ » Entertained, And Then » ^ ^ ,,,,^»:*§&
@&§*:»^,,, ^ ^ ^ Finally Binged On. ^ ^ ^ ,,,^»:*§&@
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#@&§*:»^,, And The Ship Accelerates ,,^»:*§&@#
@&§*:»^,,, Away. The Elves Have ,,,^»:*§&@
&§*:»^,,,, Strapped Themselves In, And ,,,,^»:*§&
@&§*:»^,,, Are Lying Completely Still, ,,,^»:*§&@
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