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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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