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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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