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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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