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#####,,##, GRAY  SKIES, SWIRLING WITH  SOOT.  STONY ######,,##
####,,,,,, GROUND  WITH  NO  HINTS  OF  VEGETATION. ,####,,,,#
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,#,,,,##,, 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.             ,,,,##,,,,
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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  # # * ,########,
,,###,,,,# \ # #    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.      ^ ^ ^ ,##,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, , , , 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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