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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. ##¶¤*:=-..
...-=:*¤¶# #¶¤*:=-...
..-=:*¤¶## 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. - - - #¶¤*:=-...
..-=:*¤¶## . . . . . . ##¶¤*:=-..
.-=:*¤¶### . . . 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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