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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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.~««««†&¤@      ¤«««««««««««««««««««««««««««¤       @¤&†««««~.
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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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