,,«^^§#@##                                          ##@#§^^«,,
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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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