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$;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ gray skies, swirling with soot. stony ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;$
%$;«,¨¨¨¨¨ ground with no hints of vegetation. ¨¨¨¨¨,«;$%
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#@@%$;«,¨¨ spiraling down into the crust. small ¨¨,«;$%@@#
##@@%$;«,¨ compared to the caverns they eventually ¨,«;$%@@##
#@@%$;«,¨¨ reach and join with. the temperature is ¨¨,«;$%@@#
@@%$;«,¨¨¨ higher down here, and the view is not ¨¨¨,«;$%@@
@%$;«,¨¨¨¨ as monochrome: a green light beckons ¨¨¨¨,«;$%@
%$;«,¨¨¨¨¨ from below. ¨¨¨¨¨,«;$%
$;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;$
;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
$;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ became a sludge. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;$
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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 @ $ ; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
$;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ « ; @ seated. but something is @ ; « ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;$
%$;«,¨¨¨¨¨ « « % wrong. there is something % « « ¨¨¨¨¨,«;$%
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#@@%$;«,¨¨ , , « entertained, and then « , , ¨¨,«;$%@@#
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@@%$;«,¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ the engines are burning hot, ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨,«;$%@@
@%$;«,¨¨¨¨ and the ship accelerates ¨¨¨¨,«;$%@
%$;«,¨¨¨¨¨ away. the elves have ¨¨¨¨¨,«;$%
$;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ strapped themselves in, and ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;$
;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ are lying completely still, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ like corpses. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«
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;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
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