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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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