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#£¤§§†=^.. 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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