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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 ###@§%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##     TEARS AT IT WITH HER TEETH, BLOOD    ##@§$%/~^.
.^~/%$$$$@   DRIPPING ONTO THE DIRT ROAD. SHE DOES  @$$$$%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##       NOT LOOK UP FROM HER KILLING.      ##@§$%/~^.
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.^~/%$§@##    HER STEED IS ~HORNBLENDE~, A DARK     ##@§$%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##    HORSE, A GLOWING PANTHER. SHE'S AN    ##@§$%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##    EXTREMELY DIGITGRADE THING, WITH A    ##@§$%/~^.
......^~%§ POLITE FACE. WHILE HER REGULAR (AND NOW  §%~^......
.^~/%$§@## DISINTERESTED) MOUTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR  ##@§$%/~^.
.^~/%%$§§§    EATING PLANT MATTER (MOSTLY FATTY     §§§$%%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##     FRUITS LIKE AVOCADO) HER TAIL IS     ##@§$%/~^.
.^~/%$§@##  CARNIVOROUS AND HAS A MOUTH (AND WILL?) ##@§$%/~^.
...^//%$$§   OF ITS OWN. THE ENTIRE TAIL IS HOLLOW  §$$%//^...
.^~/%$§@##  AND JUICY, AND FEELS WONDERFUL INSIDE.  ##@§$%/~^.
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