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#£@$$^=,..           the road is blocked.           ..,=^$$@£#
##£@$$^=,. two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning .,=^$$@£##
#£@$$^=,..     car. the windshield is shattered,    ..,=^$$@£#
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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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