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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 .-=:^%@@#@
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##@#@^:=-. EXTREMELY DIGITGRADE THING, WITH A .-=:^@#@##
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#@#@%^:=-. 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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