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###@&£^~,. 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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###@&£^~,. Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not .,~^£&@###
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##@&£^~,.. 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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###@&£^~,. $ @ @ Ignition Sequence Started @ @ $ .,~^£&@###
##@&£^~,.. ^ & @ Hours Ago. Elves In The @ & ^ ..,~^£&@##
###@&£^~,. ^ $ & Passenger Cabin, Not Yet & $ ^ .,~^£&@###
##@&£^~,.. ~ ^ & Seated. But Something Is & ^ ~ ..,~^£&@##
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##@&£^~,.. , , $ Green Around Their Mouths. $ , , ..,~^£&@##
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##@&£^~,.. And The Ship Accelerates ..,~^£&@##
###@&£^~,. Away. The Elves Have .,~^£&@###
##@&£^~,.. Strapped Themselves In, And ..,~^£&@##
###@&£^~,. Are Lying Completely Still, .,~^£&@###
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