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:-:,,,,,,, Gray Skies, Swirling With Soot. Stony ,,,,,,,:-:
*:-:,,,,,, 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 ,,,:-:*¤&#
&¤*:-:,,,, From Below. ,,,,:-:*¤&
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*:-:,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 & : - ,:-:*¤&###
##&¤*:-:,, - - ¤ Wrong. There Is Something ¤ - - ,,:-:*¤&##
#&¤*:-:,,, : : * Green Around Their Mouths. * : : ,,,:-:*¤&#
&¤*:-:,,,, : : : The Sludge Has Been Sampled, : : : ,,,,:-:*¤&
¤*:-:,,,,, : : - Entertained, And Then - : : ,,,,,:-:*¤
*:-:,,,,,, : : : Finally Binged On. : : : ,,,,,,:-:*
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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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