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,,,,,#,##, BELOW   THE  SURFACE  ARE   THE   MINES, ##,,,,,#,,
,,,,,,,### SPIRALING DOWN  INTO  THE  CRUST.  SMALL ###,,,,,#,
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,#,,,,,,,# HIGHER  DOWN HERE, AND  THE VIEW IS  NOT ,,#,##,,,,
,,#,,,,,,, AS  MONOCHROME:  A  GREEN  LIGHT BECKONS ,,,,###,,,
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,,,,,#,,,, LONG AGO,  THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN ,,,,,,#,##
#,,,,,#,,, THE CENTER  OF  THE PLANETOID, SOMETHING #,,,,,,,##
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###,,,,,#, 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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#,,,,#,,,, ¶ @ @   THE CARGO SHIP IS FILLED,  @ @ ¶ ,#,##,,,##
##,,,,#,,, @ @ ¶      PREPARED FOR LAUNCH,    ¶ @ @ ,,,###,,#,
###,,,,#,, * ¶ ¶   IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED  ¶ ¶ * ,,,#,##,,,
#,##,,,,#, ; # ¶    HOURS AGO. ELVES IN THE   ¶ # ; #,,,,###,,
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,,#,##,,,, « ; #   SEATED. BUT SOMETHING IS   # ; « ,,#,,,,###
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##,,#,##,, - - *   GREEN AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. * - - ,,,,#,,,,#
,##,,,###, - - ; THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, ; - - #,,,,#,,,#
,###,,#,## - - «     ENTERTAINED, AND THEN    « - - ##,,,,#,,,
,#,##,,,## - - -      FINALLY BINGED ON.      - - - ###,,,,#,,
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,#,,,#,##,           AWAY. THE ELVES HAVE           #,,,###,,,
,,#,,,,###       STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND        ##,,#,##,,
,,,#,,,#,#       ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL,        ,##,,,###,
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