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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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