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=-.,,,,,,, ground with no hints of vegetation. ,,,,,,,.-=
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#£§%=-.,,, reached, and over time, the seedling ,,,.-=%§£#
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=-.,,,,,,, sludge was bottled. ,,,,,,,.-=
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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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