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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 .......^~\
~^........ As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons ........^~
\~^....... From Below. .......^~\
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#%†\~^.... 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. .....^~\†%
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##%†\~^... @ # # 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. ^ ^ ^ .......^~\
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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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