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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.      ......:«\§
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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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