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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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