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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.       #@¤%†\,...
....,\†%¤@                                          @¤%†\,....
...,\†%¤@#     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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....,\†%¤@ --¤                                  ¤-- @¤%†\,....
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