..,=:†@&@#                                          #@&@†:=,..
...,=:†@&@                                          @&@†:=,...
....,=:†@&                                          &@†:=,....
.....,=:†@                                          @†:=,.....
....,=:†@&                                          &@†:=,....
...,=:†@&@ ==&                                  &== @&@†:=,...
..,=:†@&@#                                          #@&@†:=,..
.,=:†@&@##           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.  &@†:=,....
...,=:†@&@                                          @&@†:=,...
..,=:†@&@# ==&                                  &== #@&@†:=,..
.,=:†@&@##                                          ##@&@†:=,.
..,=:†@&@#                                          #@&@†:=,..
...,=:†@&@                                          @&@†:=,...
....,=:†@&                                          &@†:=,....
.....,=:†@                                          @†:=,.....