,,¤¤,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,¤,
¤,,,,¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,,
,,¤¤,,¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤,,¤,
¤,,,,,,¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤,,,,,
,,¤¤¤¤,,¤, ¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤,
¤,,¤¤,,,,, 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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