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¶£¤%†«-,,, 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     ,,,,,,,,-«
†«-,,,,,,,    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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