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¨#¨##¨#¨¨# the road is blocked. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨## two creatures, alive, and a burning #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨¨# car. the windshield is shattered, #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨## from outside. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨¨# #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨## ~~# #~~ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨¨# #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨## ~~# #~~ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨¨# #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨## 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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