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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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,-~;*¤§#@# ~~§ §~~ #@#§¤*;~-,
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