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%*=-...... THE ROAD IS BLOCKED. ......-=*%
@%*=-..... TWO CREATURES, ALIVE, AND A BURNING .....-=*%@
¶@%*=-.... CAR. THE WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED, ....-=*%@¶
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*=-....... THE WOMANS NAME IS -LYNNE-, SHE HEADS .......-=*
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-......... 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 ....-=*%@¶
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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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