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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 # # * &&&&&&¨¨&¨
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¨&&¨&&¨¨¨& - - @ Wrong. There Is Something @ - - ¨¨&&¨&&¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨&&¨&&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨&&&¨& Away. The Elves Have ¨¨&¨&&¨&¨¨
¨¨&&&¨¨&&¨ Strapped Themselves In, And ¨&&&¨&&&¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨&¨&& Are Lying Completely Still, &¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨
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