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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. ##@£¤*\-,,
,,-\*¤£@## ##@£¤*\-,,
,,-\*¤£@## ######################################## ##@£¤*\-,,
,,-\*¤£@## # # ##@£¤*\-,,
,,,,,,-*£# # ######£#££££££££££££££££££££#£###### # #£*-,,,,,,
,,,,-\**£@ # # # # @£**\-,,,,
,,-\*¤£@## # # #@@£*£********************£*£@@# # # ##@£¤*\-,,
,,,,\**£££ @ # # # # @ £££**\,,,,
,,,,,-\**£ @ # # 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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