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,,:=^†£@@# GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. #@@£†^=:,,
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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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,,:=^†£@@# LONG AGO, THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN #@@£†^=:,,
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,,:=^†£@@# DORMANT, WAITING FOR A COLLISION WITH #@@£†^=:,,
,:=^†£@@## ANOTHER BODY. BUT NO PLANET WAS ##@@£†^=:,
,,:=^†£@@# REACHED, AND OVER TIME, THE SEEDLING #@@£†^=:,,
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,,:=^†£@@# SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. #@@£†^=:,,
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,,:=^†£@@# † # # IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED # # † #@@£†^=:,,
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,,:=^†£@@# : : ^ THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, ^ : : #@@£†^=:,,
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,,:=^†£@@# : : : FINALLY BINGED ON. : : : #@@£†^=:,,
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,,,:=^†£@@ AND THE SHIP ACCELERATES @@£†^=:,,,
,,:=^†£@@# AWAY. THE ELVES HAVE #@@£†^=:,,
,:=^†£@@## STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND ##@@£†^=:,
,,:=^†£@@# ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL, #@@£†^=:,,
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