,-»\†&¤@@# #@@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤@## ##@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&&¤@@ @@¤&&†\»-,
,,,»»»\†¤@ @¤†\»»»,,,
,,,,-\\††¤ ¤††\\-,,,,
,-»\†&@@## 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. #@@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤@@@ @@@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤@## ######################################## ##@¤&†\»-,
,-»\††††¤@ # # @¤††††\»-,
,-»\†¤@@## # #@#@@@¤@¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤@¤@@@#@# # ##@@¤†\»-,
,-»\&¤@@## # @ @ # ##@@¤&\»-,
,-»\†&¤@## @ @ @@@¤†¤††††††††††††††††††††¤†¤@@@ @ @ ##@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤@@# @ @ @ @ @ @ #@@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤¤¤¤ @ @ @ 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. ¤¤¤&\\-,,,
,,,,-\†¤¤@ @¤¤†\-,,,,
,-»\†&¤@@@ @@@¤&†\»-,
,,,,-\††¤@ @¤††\-,,,,
,-»\†&¤@@@ @@@¤&†\»-,
,-»\†&¤@@@ @@@¤&†\»-,