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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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