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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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