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..¤.....¤¤ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
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..¤.¤...¤¤ Below The Surface Are The Mines, ¤.......¤¤
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...¤..¤¤¤. Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is ¤¤¤¤....¤.
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¤..¤.¤¤¤.¤ As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons ¤¤..¤¤..¤.
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..¤.¤.¤¤¤¤ Long Ago, There Was A Lifeform Here. In ¤¤.......¤
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.¤¤....¤.. Dormant, Waiting For A Collision With ¤.¤¤.....¤
¤¤.¤...¤¤. Another Body. But No Planet Was .¤¤.¤....¤
..¤¤¤..¤.¤ Reached, And Over Time, The Seedling .¤.¤¤¤...¤
¤.¤..¤.¤¤¤ Became A Sludge. ¤¤¤¤..¤..¤
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¤¤..¤¤..¤. 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 @ @ % ¤¤¤..¤..¤¤
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.¤¤.¤¤.... ^ % ¤ Passenger Cabin, Not Yet ¤ % ^ ...¤¤¤.¤¤¤
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...¤¤.¤.¤¤ ^ ^ ^ The Sludge Has Been Sampled, ^ ^ ^ ¤.¤.¤¤....
...¤.¤¤¤¤. ^ ^ « Entertained, And Then « ^ ^ ¤¤¤¤¤.¤...
...¤¤¤...¤ ^ ^ ^ Finally Binged On. ^ ^ ^ .....¤¤¤..
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...¤¤.¤¤.¤ . . . The Engines Are Burning Hot, . . . ¤....¤¤.¤¤
¤..¤.¤¤.¤¤ And The Ship Accelerates ¤¤...¤.¤¤.
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