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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 #@£¤¤†/~.,
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,.~/†¤¤¤¤£ long ago, there was a lifeform  here. in £¤¤¤¤†/~.,
,.~/†¤¤¤££ the  center of the  planetoid, something ££¤¤¤†/~.,
,./†¤¤£@## dormant, waiting for  a  collision  with ##@£¤¤†/.,
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,.~/†¤¤£@# 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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,.~/†¤¤£@# ¤ @ £      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, / . . @£¤¤¤†/~.,
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,,,,~††††¤         and the ship accelerates         ¤††††~,,,,
,.~/†††¤¤@           away. the elves have           @¤¤†††/~.,
,.~/†¤¤£@#       strapped themselves in, and        #@£¤¤†/~.,
,.~/†¤¤£@@        are lying completely still,       @@£¤¤†/~.,
,,,,,.~†¤@               like corpses.              @¤†~.,,,,,
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