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,,-^%£¤@@# GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY #@@¤£%^-,,
,,-^%£¤@@# GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. #@@¤£%^-,,
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,,,,,,^%£@ 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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,,-^%£¤@@# 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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,,-^%£¤@@# £ @ @ PREPARED FOR LAUNCH, @ @ £ #@@¤£%^-,,
,,-^%£¤@@# % @ @ IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED @ @ % #@@¤£%^-,,
,,-^%£¤@## ^ ¤ @ HOURS AGO. ELVES IN THE @ ¤ ^ ##@¤£%^-,,
,,,---%£¤@ ^ % ¤ PASSENGER CABIN, NOT YET ¤ % ^ @¤£%---,,,
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,,-^%£¤@## , , ^ THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, ^ , , ##@¤£%^-,,
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,,,,,,-%£@ AND THE SHIP ACCELERATES @£%-,,,,,,
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,,-^%£¤@@@ STRAPPED THEMSELVES IN, AND @@@¤£%^-,,
,,-^%£££@@ ARE LYING COMPLETELY STILL, @@£££%^-,,
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