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