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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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¨~=%%#@@## 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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