,,,~=*=*§#                                          #§*=*=~,,,
,,~=*=*§#@                                          @#§*=*=~,,
,~=*=*§#@#                                          #@#§*=*=~,
,,~=*=*§#@                                          @#§*=*=~,,
,,,~=*=*§#                                          #§*=*=~,,,
,,,,~=*=*§ 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.           *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*=                                          =*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=*=* ######################################## *=*=~,,,,,
,,,,~=*=*§ #                                      # §*=*=~,,,,
,,,~=*=*§# # #@#@@@§@§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§@§@@@#@# # #§*=*=~,,,
,,~=*=*§#@ # @                                  @ # @#§*=*=~,,
,~=*=*§#@# @ @ @##§=§====================§=§##@ @ @ #@#§*=*=~,
,,~=*=*§#@ # @ @                              @ @ # @#§*=*=~,,
,,,~=*=*§# # @ @   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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