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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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##@¶&§/«,, 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. ,,,,,«/§&¶
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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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