###&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&###
###&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&###
&&^/~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~/^&&
###&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&###
#&&&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&&&#
###&&^/~:¨ ~~&                                  &~~ ¨:~/^&&###
#&&&^~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~^&&&#
###&&^/~:¨           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.  ¨¨¨¨¨::~^&
###&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&###
###&&^/~:¨ ~~&                                  &~~ ¨:~/^&&###
&^~~~~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~~~~^&
#&//~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~//&#
##&^~~~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~~~^&##
###&&^/~:¨                                          ¨:~/^&&###
#&^~~::¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨::~~^&#