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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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,,,@,,,,@, ######################################## ,,,,,,@@@,
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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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