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¨¨-»/$%@@# gray skies, swirling with soot. stony #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»/$%@@ ground with no hints of vegetation. @@%$/»-¨¨¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨-»/$%@@## below the surface are the mines, ##@@%$/»-¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# spiraling down into the crust. small #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»/$%@@ compared to the caverns they eventually @@%$/»-¨¨¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# reach and join with. the temperature is #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨-»/$%@@## higher down here, and the view is not ##@@%$/»-¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# as monochrome: a green light beckons #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»/$%@@ from below. @@%$/»-¨¨¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨-»/$%@@## long ago, there was a lifeform here. in ##@@%$/»-¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# the center of the planetoid, something #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»/$%@@ dormant, waiting for a collision with @@%$/»-¨¨¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# another body. but no planet was #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨-»/$%@@## reached, and over time, the seedling ##@@%$/»-¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# became a sludge. #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»/$%@@ @@%$/»-¨¨¨
¨¨-»/$%@@# and elves came as miners, and the #@@%$/»-¨¨
¨-»/$%@@## sludge was bottled. ##@@%$/»-¨
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¨¨¨-»/$%@@ ######################################## @@%$/»-¨¨¨
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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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