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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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