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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~=*
$*=~~¨¨¨¨¨ from the peninsula of kola - called ¨¨¨¨¨~~=*$
@$*=~~¨¨¨¨ there long ago by the depth of the ¨¨¨¨~~=*$@
@@$*=~~¨¨¨ boring hole, now again returning to ¨¨¨~~=*$@@
#@@$*=~~¨¨ denser civilization. but she is not ¨¨~~=*$@@#
##@@$*=~~¨ human. she has long claws with which ¨~~=*$@@##
#@@$*=~~¨¨ she picks out the flesh of her prey and ¨¨~~=*$@@#
@@$*=~~¨¨¨ tears at it with her teeth, blood ¨¨¨~~=*$@@
@$*=~~¨¨¨¨ dripping onto the dirt road. she does ¨¨¨¨~~=*$@
$*=~~¨¨¨¨¨ not look up from her killing. ¨¨¨¨¨~~=*$
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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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