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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. @&*:»»»^^.
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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. ^ ^ ^ #@#@&*:»^.
...^»»**@@ . . . . . . @@**»»^...
.....»**@@ . . . 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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^»:*&@#@## ##@#@&*:»^
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