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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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&¨¨&&&¨¨&& # # # # ¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨
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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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