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¨^~^^£§### 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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