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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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