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&&%%-,,,,, GROUND WITH NO HINTS OF VEGETATION. ,,,,,-%%&&
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@&¤¤¤%:-,, 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 ,,,,,,::%&
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##@&¤%:-,, 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. ,,-:%¤&@##
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##@&¤%:-,, 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 & : - ,,,,,-%¤&&
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&¤%-,,,,,, , , % GREEN AROUND THEIR MOUTHS. % , , ,,,,,,-%¤&
&¤:-,,,,,, , , : THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN SAMPLED, : , , ,,,,,,-:¤&
&%%:-,,,,, , , - ENTERTAINED, AND THEN - , , ,,,,,-:%%&
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##@&¤%:-,, , , , 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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