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##&%%^-~¨¨ the road is blocked. ¨¨~-^%%&##
###&%%^-~¨ two creatures, alive, and a burning ¨~-^%%&###
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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 ¨~-^%%&###
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###&%%^-~¨ 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 ¨~-^%%&###
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###&%%^-~¨ eating plant matter (mostly fatty ¨~-^%%&###
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###&%%^-~¨ 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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