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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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§§§§§§¨¨§§ ««§                                  §«« §¨¨§§§§§§§
§§§§§¨¨¨¨¨      §«««««««««««««««««««««««««««§       ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
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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.       §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§                                          §¨¨§§§§§§¨
¨¨§§§§§§§¨    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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