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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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