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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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