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##@@$*:»,, the road is blocked. ,,»:*$@@##
##@@$*:»,, two creatures, alive, and a burning ,,»:*$@@##
@*»,,,,,,, car. the windshield is shattered, ,,,,,,,»*@
@@@@$*:»,, from outside. ,,»:*$@@@@
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##@@$*:»,, the womans name is »lynne», she heads ,,»:*$@@##
@$*::,,,,, from the peninsula of kola - called ,,,,,::*$@
##@@$*:»,, there long ago by the depth of the ,,»:*$@@##
#@$***:»,, boring hole, now again returning to ,,»:***$@#
##@@$*:»,, denser civilization. but she is not ,,»:*$@@##
##@@$*:»,, human. she has long claws with which ,,»:*$@@##
@@@$$*:»,, she picks out the flesh of her prey and ,,»:*$$@@@
##@@$*:»,, tears at it with her teeth, blood ,,»:*$@@##
##@@$*:»,, dripping onto the dirt road. she does ,,»:*$@@##
@@*»,,,,,, not look up from her killing. ,,,,,,»*@@
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@@$$*»»,,, her steed is »hornblende», a dark ,,,»»*$$@@
##@@$*:»,, horse, a glowing panther. she's an ,,»:*$@@##
@@*»»»,,,, extremely digitgrade thing, with a ,,,,»»»*@@
##@@$*:»,, polite face. while her regular (and now ,,»:*$@@##
##@@$*:»,, disinterested) mouth is responsible for ,,»:*$@@##
###@@$*:», eating plant matter (mostly fatty ,»:*$@@###
@@*»»,,,,, fruits like avocado) her tail is ,,,,,»»*@@
##@@$*:»,, carnivorous and has a mouth (and will?) ,,»:*$@@##
##@@$*:»,, of its own. the entire tail is hollow ,,»:*$@@##
###@$*:»,, and juicy, and feels wonderful inside. ,,»:*$@###
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