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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, ##...###.#
........## 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 #.##....#.
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...#.###.#                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.             .#.#..#.##
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####..##.# and  elves   came  as  miners,  and  the ...##..###
...#.#.###            sludge was bottled.           ..#.#.#...
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..#...#..# % @ @   ignition sequence started  @ @ % #..#..#.#.
.##..##.## \ # @    hours ago. elves in the   @ # \ #.##.####.
#.#.#.##.# \ % #   passenger cabin, not yet   # % \ ##.##...#.
######.##. ~ \ #   seated. but something is   # \ ~ .##.#..###
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.##.##.... ~ ~ ~      finally binged on.      ~ ~ ~ ...##.#...
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##.###..## . . . the engines are burning hot, . . . .###..#..#
.##..#.#..         and the ship accelerates         #..#.##.#.
#.#.####..           away. the elves have           #.###.###.
####...#.#       strapped themselves in, and        ##..##..##
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