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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.      , , , @,,@,@,@,@
,,@,@,@,@, , , ,                              , , , @,@@,@,@,@
,@@,@,@,@, , , , 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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