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¨~«*=£&&&#    there long ago by the depth of the    #&&&£=*«~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=&   denser civilization. but she is not    &=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~«*=£&###   human. she has long claws with which   ###&£=*«~¨
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¨~«*=£&###  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     ####£=*«~¨
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¨~~~«*==&&  carnivorous and has a mouth (and will?) &&==*«~~~¨
¨~««**=&&#  of its own. the entire tail is hollow   #&&=**««~¨
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