$=†~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~†=$
§$=†~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~†=$§
¶§$=†~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~†=$§¶
#¶§$=†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†=$§¶#
##¶§$=†~,¨                                          ¨,~†=$§¶##
#¶§$=†~,¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨,~†=$§¶#
¶§$=†~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~†=$§¶
§$=†~,¨¨¨¨           the road is blocked.           ¨¨¨¨,~†=$§
$=†~,¨¨¨¨¨ two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning ¨¨¨¨¨,~†=$
=†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨    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.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
=†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†=
$=†~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~†=$
§$=†~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~†=$§
¶§$=†~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~†=$§¶
#¶§$=†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†=$§¶#