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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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