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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. /=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:= =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: 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. ¶#*%/=:¨¨¨
¨¨:=/%*#¶# #¶#*%/=:¨¨
¨:=/%*#¶## ######################################## ##¶#*%/=:¨
¨¨:=/%*#¶# # # #¶#*%/=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=/%*#¶ # #################################### # ¶#*%/=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=/%*# # # # # #*%/=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=/%* # # #¶¶#%#%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%#¶¶# # # *%/=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/% ¶ # # # # ¶ %/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/ ¶ # # 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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