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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. ,,-~†^@#@#
@#@^†~-,,, ,,,-~†^@#@
#@^†~-,,,, ######################################## ,,,,-~†^@#
@#@^†~-,,, # # ,,,-~†^@#@
#@#@^†~-,, # #@#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#@# # ,,-~†^@#@#
##@#@^†~-, # @ @ # ,-~†^@#@##
#@#@^†~-,, @ @ @##@^@^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^@^@##@ @ @ ,,-~†^@#@#
@#@^†~-,,, # @ @ @ @ # ,,,-~†^@#@
#@^†~-,,,, # @ @ 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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@#@^†~-,,, ,,,-~†^@#@
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