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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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