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[[The panel appears like a news report.]]
[[There is a picture of a rocket, captioned 'Breaking news']]
News-anchor: Astronomers have confirmed that the asteroid is headed for Earth.
News-anchor: NASA has launched a heroic mission to land a rover on the asteroid, drill into it, and destroy it with nuclear bombs.
[[The picture of the rocket fills the panel. In an inset picture is the rover.]]
[[A woman is sitting at an interface. A man stands next to it. Both are wearing headsets with microphones.]]
Woman with headset: The robot has landed successfully and planted the nukes! We're saved!
Man with headset: Hooray!
Voice: We're heroes!
[[Digital countdown.]]
0:05...
0:04...
0:03...
[[The Little Prince is looking at the NASA rover, which has drilled into the asteroid. Beside him is the rose, and a small volcano.]]
{{Title text: My Deep Impact
Little Prince crossover fanfic has been poorly received by the community.}}
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