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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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