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&¤*†~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~†*¤&
#&¤*†~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~†*¤&#
##&¤*†~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~†*¤&##
###&¤*†~^¨                                          ¨^~†*¤&###
##&¤*†~^¨¨ ~~&                                  &~~ ¨¨^~†*¤&##
#&¤*†~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~†*¤&#
&¤*†~^¨¨¨¨           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.  ¨¨¨^~†*¤&#
&¤*†~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~†*¤&
¤*†~^¨¨¨¨¨ ~~&                                  &~~ ¨¨¨¨¨^~†*¤
*†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†*
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&¤*†~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~†*¤&
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##&¤*†~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~†*¤&##