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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.                †^=,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,=^† # ######£#££££££££££££££££££££#£###### # †^=,,,,,,,
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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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