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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 ....^†*@@@
##@@$*†-^. Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is .^-†*$@@##
##@@$*†-^. Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not .^-†*$@@##
##@@$*†-^. As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons .^-†*$@@##
@@$†--^^^. From Below. .^^^--†$@@
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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 .^-†*@@###
##@@$*†-^. Became A Sludge. .^-†*$@@##
##@@$*†-^. .^-†*$@@##
#@@*-^^... 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 - ^ ^ ......^†*@
@$$***†-^. ^ ^ ^ Finally Binged On. ^ ^ ^ .^-†***$$@
###@$*†-^. . . . . . . .^-†*$@###
@@****†-^. . . . 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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