,,,,,,,,,, ¤¤,,,,¤¤¤,
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤,,¤¤,,¤,,
,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
,,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,
¤¤,,¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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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,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ # # ,,,,¤¤¤¤,,
¤,,¤¤¤¤¤¤, # #@#@@@¤@¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤@¤@@@#@# # ¤¤¤,,¤¤,,¤
,,,,¤¤¤¤,, # @ @ # ¤¤,,,,,,,,
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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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