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###@$=†»~¨ FROM THE PENINSULA OF KOLA - CALLED ¨~»†=$@###
###@$=†»~¨ THERE LONG AGO BY THE DEPTH OF THE ¨~»†=$@###
###@$=†»~¨ BORING HOLE, NOW AGAIN RETURNING TO ¨~»†=$@###
#@$$=»»»~¨ DENSER CIVILIZATION. BUT SHE IS NOT ¨~»»»=$$@#
###@$=†»~¨ HUMAN. SHE HAS LONG CLAWS WITH WHICH ¨~»†=$@###
##$†~~¨¨¨¨ SHE PICKS OUT THE FLESH OF HER PREY AND ¨¨¨¨~~†$##
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##$=†~~¨¨¨ DRIPPING ONTO THE DIRT ROAD. SHE DOES ¨¨¨~~†=$##
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####$=†»~¨ HORSE, A GLOWING PANTHER. SHE'S AN ¨~»†=$####
###@$=†»~¨ EXTREMELY DIGITGRADE THING, WITH A ¨~»†=$@###
###@$=†»~¨ POLITE FACE. WHILE HER REGULAR (AND NOW ¨~»†=$@###
###@$=†»~¨ DISINTERESTED) MOUTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ¨~»†=$@###
###@$=†»~¨ EATING PLANT MATTER (MOSTLY FATTY ¨~»†=$@###
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###@$=†»~¨ CARNIVOROUS AND HAS A MOUTH (AND WILL?) ¨~»†=$@###
#$===†~¨¨¨ OF ITS OWN. THE ENTIRE TAIL IS HOLLOW ¨¨¨~†===$#
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