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,,~~\\§§££ 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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