##@#$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$#@##
§†/^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^/†§
#§†††//-^,                                          ,^-//†††§#
##§§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§§##
##@#§$†/^,                                          ,^/†$§#@##
#§$$/^,,,, --§                                  §-- ,,,,^/$$§#
@@#§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§#@@
§§†-^,,,,,           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  ,,,,^/†§§§
§$†/-,,,,,    tears at it with her teeth, blood     ,,,,,-/†$§
#@#§$†/-^,   dripping onto the dirt road. she does  ,^-/†$§#@#
#@#§$†/-^,       not look up from her killing.      ,^-/†$§#@#
#@#§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§#@#
§$$$//-^,,    her steed is -hornblende-, a dark     ,,^-//$$$§
@@#§$†/-^,    horse, a glowing panther. she's an    ,^-/†$§#@@
#@#§$†/-^,    extremely digitgrade thing, with a    ,^-/†$§#@#
@@#§$†/-^, polite face. while her regular (and now  ,^-/†$§#@@
##@§$†/-^, disinterested) mouth is responsible for  ,^-/†$§@##
#@#§$†/-^,     eating plant matter (mostly fatty    ,^-/†$§#@#
#$†--^,,,,     fruits like avocado) her tail is     ,,,,^--†$#
§$$/^,,,,, carnivorous and has a mouth (and will?)  ,,,,,^/$$§
#$$/-,,,,,   of its own. the entire tail is hollow  ,,,,,-/$$#
##@#§$/-^,  and juicy, and feels wonderful inside.  ,^-/$§#@##
@#$$†/^,,,                                          ,,,^/†$$#@
§$††-^,,,, --§                                  §-- ,,,,^-††$§
§†/^^^,,,,                                          ,,,,^^^/†§
#@#§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§#@#
#@#§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§#@#
§††--^,,,,                                          ,,,,^--††§
##@§$†/-^,                                          ,^-/†$§@##