,-~*%$@@@@ @@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,---~*%%@@ @@%%*~---,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,-~~~~~%$@ Gray Skies, Swirling With Soot. Stony @$%~~~~~-,
,,,,,~%$@@ Ground With No Hints Of Vegetation. @@$%~,,,,,
,-~*%$@@## ##@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# Below The Surface Are The Mines, #@@@$%*~-,
,,,,,,~%@@ 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. @@%*~~,,,,
,-~*%$@@## ##@@$%*~-,
,-~*%%$@@@ ######################################## @@@$%%*~-,
,-~*%$@@## # # ##@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# # #@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@# # #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# # @ @ # #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# @ @ @@@@%@%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%@%@@@@ @ @ #@@@$%*~-,
,-~***%%@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@%%***~-,
,,,,,~~~%@ @ @ @ 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 $ ~ ~ #@@@$%*~-,
,--~**%$$@ - - % Green Around Their Mouths. % - - @$$%**~--,
,-~*$@@@## - - * The Sludge Has Been Sampled, * - - ##@@@$*~-,
,,---~**$@ - - ~ Entertained, And Then ~ - - @$**~---,,
,-~*%$@@@# - - - Finally Binged On. - - - #@@@$%*~-,
-~*%$@@@## , , , , , , ##@@@$%*~-
,-~*%$@@@# , , , The Engines Are Burning Hot, , , , #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@## And The Ship Accelerates ##@@$%*~-,
,,,~***%$@ Away. The Elves Have @$%***~,,,
,,-~~*$$@@ Strapped Themselves In, And @@$$*~~-,,
,-~*%$@@@# Are Lying Completely Still, #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# Like Corpses. #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,-~*%$@@@# #@@@$%*~-,
,,,~~~%$$@ @$$%~~~,,,
,,,,,~~%$@ @$%~~,,,,,