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.^»;$%#@@# GRAY SKIES, SWIRLING WITH SOOT. STONY #@@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@## GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ##@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%%##@ @##%%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@# BELOW THE SURFACE ARE THE MINES, #@@#%$;»^.
....»$%%#@ SPIRALING DOWN INTO THE CRUST. SMALL @#%%$»....
.^»;$%#@@# COMPARED TO THE CAVERNS THEY EVENTUALLY #@@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%%%#@ REACH AND JOIN WITH. THE TEMPERATURE IS @#%%%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@@ HIGHER DOWN HERE, AND THE VIEW IS NOT @@@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@# AS MONOCHROME: A GREEN LIGHT BECKONS #@@#%$;»^.
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..^»»$$#@@ LONG AGO, THERE WAS A LIFEFORM HERE. IN @@#$$»»^..
.^»;$%%### THE CENTER OF THE PLANETOID, SOMETHING ###%%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@# DORMANT, WAITING FOR A COLLISION WITH #@@#%$;»^.
....»»$$%@ ANOTHER BODY. BUT NO PLANET WAS @%$$»»....
.^»;$%#@@# REACHED, AND OVER TIME, THE SEEDLING #@@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%@@## BECAME A SLUDGE. ##@@%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@# #@@#%$;»^.
.^»;$%#@@# AND ELVES CAME AS MINERS, AND THE #@@#%$;»^.
....»;;%@@ SLUDGE WAS BOTTLED. @@%;;»....
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.^»;$%%##@ ######################################## @##%%$;»^.
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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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