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####¤^\~:, TWO CREATURES, ALIVE, AND A BURNING ,:~\^¤####
###¤¤^\~:, CAR. THE WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED, ,:~\^¤¤###
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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 ,:~\^¤####
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##¶#¤^\~:, DISINTERESTED) MOUTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ,:~\^¤#¶##
¶¤\~::,,,, EATING PLANT MATTER (MOSTLY FATTY ,,,,::~\¤¶
#^^~,,,,,, FRUITS LIKE AVOCADO) HER TAIL IS ,,,,,,~^^#
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##¶#¤^\~:, OF ITS OWN. THE ENTIRE TAIL IS HOLLOW ,:~\^¤#¶##
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