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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     .,~^†@&£##
£@@@@†^~,.    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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