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,,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,
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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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