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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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,,¤¤¤¤¤¤,, # # #££¤^¤^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¤^¤££# # # ¤,,¤¤¤,,¤¤
,,,¤¤¤¤,,, £ # # # # £ ,,,,¤,,,,,
¤¤,,¤¤,,¤¤ £ # # 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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