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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 ¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤
,¤¤,,,,,,¤ 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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