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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 =,........
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........,= 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.      , , , ,.........
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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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