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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.       .##.#.#.#.
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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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