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,,,-^%$#@# #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## --# #-- ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ the road is blocked. @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# two creatures, alive, and a burning #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## car. the windshield is shattered, ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# from outside. #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# --# #-- #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## #---------------------------# ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# --# #-- #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# the womans name is -lynne-, she heads #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## from the peninsula of kola - called ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# there long ago by the depth of the #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ boring hole, now again returning to @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# denser civilization. but she is not #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## human. she has long claws with which ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# she picks out the flesh of her prey and #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ tears at it with her teeth, blood @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# dripping onto the dirt road. she does #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## not look up from her killing. ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ her steed is -hornblende-, a dark @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# horse, a glowing panther. she's an #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## extremely digitgrade thing, with a ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# polite face. while her regular (and now #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ disinterested) mouth is responsible for @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# eating plant matter (mostly fatty #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## fruits like avocado) her tail is ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# carnivorous and has a mouth (and will?) #@#$%^-,,,
,,,,-^%$#@ of its own. the entire tail is hollow @#$%^-,,,,
,,,-^%$#@# and juicy, and feels wonderful inside. #@#$%^-,,,
,,-^%$#@## ##@#$%^-,,
,,,-^%$#@# --# #-- #@#$%^-,,,
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