¶£$^*~,,,, ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, Gray Skies, Swirling With Soot. Stony ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. ,,~*^$£¶##
#¶£$^*~,,, ,,,~*^$£¶#
¶£$^*~,,,, Below The Surface Are The Mines, ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, Spiraling Down Into The Crust. Small ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, Compared To The Caverns They Eventually ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, Reach And Join With. The Temperature Is ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, Higher Down Here, And The View Is Not ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, As Monochrome: A Green Light Beckons ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, From Below. ,,~*^$£¶##
#¶£$^*~,,, ,,,~*^$£¶#
¶£$^*~,,,, Long Ago, There Was A Lifeform Here. In ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, The Center Of The Planetoid, Something ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, Dormant, Waiting For A Collision With ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, Another Body. But No Planet Was ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, Reached, And Over Time, The Seedling ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, Became A Sludge. ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, ,,~*^$£¶##
#¶£$^*~,,, And Elves Came As Miners, And The ,,,~*^$£¶#
¶£$^*~,,,, Sludge Was Bottled. ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, ######################################## ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, # # ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, # ######£#££££££££££££££££££££#£###### # ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, # # # # ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, # # #¶¶£^£^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^£^£¶¶# # # ,,~*^$£¶##
#¶£$^*~,,, ¶ # # # # ¶ ,,,~*^$£¶#
¶£$^*~,,,, ¶ # # The Cargo Ship Is Filled, # # ¶ ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, $ # ¶ 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 ~ , , ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, , , , Finally Binged On. , , , ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, , , , , , , ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, , , , The Engines Are Burning Hot, , , , ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, And The Ship Accelerates ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, Away. The Elves Have ,,~*^$£¶##
#¶£$^*~,,, Strapped Themselves In, And ,,,~*^$£¶#
¶£$^*~,,,, Are Lying Completely Still, ,,,,~*^$£¶
£$^*~,,,,, Like Corpses. ,,,,,~*^$£
$^*~,,,,,, ,,,,,,~*^$
£$^*~,,,,, ,,,,,~*^$£
¶£$^*~,,,, ,,,,~*^$£¶
#¶£$^*~,,, ,,,~*^$£¶#
##¶£$^*~,, ,,~*^$£¶##