¨¨¨¨-~†%$&                                          &$%†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$                                          $%†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%                                          %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                                          †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~                                          ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~† ~~&                                  &~~ †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%                                          %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$           the road is blocked.           $%†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†%$& two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning &$%†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~†%$&@    car. the windshield is shattered,     @&$%†~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~†%$&@#               from outside.              #@&$%†~-¨¨
¨-~†%$&@##                                          ##@&$%†~-¨
¨¨-~†%$&@# ~~&                                  &~~ #@&$%†~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~†%$&@      &~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&       @&$%†~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†%$& ~~&                                  &~~ &$%†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$                                          $%†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%  the womans name is ~lynne~, she heads   %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†    from the peninsula of kola - called   †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~    there long ago by the depth of the    ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†    boring hole, now again returning to   †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%   denser civilization. but she is not    %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$   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.  &$%†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~†%$&@                                          @&$%†~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~†%$&@# ~~&                                  &~~ #@&$%†~-¨¨
¨-~†%$&@##                                          ##@&$%†~-¨
¨¨-~†%$&@#                                          #@&$%†~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~†%$&@                                          @&$%†~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†%$&                                          &$%†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$                                          $%†~-¨¨¨¨¨