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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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@#¤%%%=~^. ~~¤ ¤~~ .^~=%%%¤#@
@¤$=^^.... ¤~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~¤ ....^^=$¤@
#@#¤$%=~^. ~~¤ ¤~~ .^~=%$¤#@#
¤%~^...... ......^~%¤
@¤%=~..... 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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