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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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