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,,,,,,,~§¤ 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. ¤¤¤§§~^,,,
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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 # ¤ : ¤§§:~^,,,,
,^:§§¤#### : § ¤ 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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