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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.      .#.#.##.#.
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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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