¤¤,,,,¤¤¤¤ ,,,¤¤¤¤¤,,
,,,¤¤,,¤¤¤ ¤¤,,¤¤¤,,,
¤¤,,,,,,¤¤ ,,,,,¤,,¤¤
¤,,¤¤¤¤,,, ¤¤¤¤,,,,,¤
,,,,¤¤,,¤¤ ¤¤¤,,¤¤¤,,
¤¤¤,,,,,,, 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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