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¨¨:»\^@§¶# gray skies, swirling with soot. stony #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ ground with no hints of vegetation. ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ below the surface are the mines, ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨:»\^@§¶## 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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¨¨:»\^@§¶# the center of the planetoid, something #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ dormant, waiting for a collision with ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ reached, and over time, the seedling ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
¨¨:»\^@§¶# became a sludge. #¶§@^\»:¨¨
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¨¨:»\^@§¶# and elves came as miners, and the #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ sludge was bottled. ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨¨:»\^@§¶# @ # ¶ prepared for launch, ¶ # @ #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨:»\^@§¶## ^ ¶ ¶ ignition sequence started ¶ ¶ ^ ##¶§@^\»:¨
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¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ \ ^ § passenger cabin, not yet § ^ \ ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ » » @ wrong. there is something @ » » ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
¨¨:»\^@§¶# : : ^ green around their mouths. ^ : : #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨:»\^@§¶## : : \ the sludge has been sampled, \ : : ##¶§@^\»:¨
¨¨:»\^@§¶# : : » entertained, and then » : : #¶§@^\»:¨¨
¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ : : : finally binged on. : : : ¶§@^\»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:»\^@§¶ ¨ ¨ ¨ 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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