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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   #§§§=~~,,,
,~«===$§##       not look up from her killing.      ##§$===«~,
,~«=$§§§##                                          ##§§§$=«~,
,,,,««$$§§    her steed is «hornblende«, a dark     §§$$««,,,,
,,,«==§§#@    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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,~«=$§§#@#                                          #@#§§$=«~,