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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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