##§*$/~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~/$*§##
#§*$/~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~/$*§#
§*$/~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~/$*§
*$/~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$*
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           the road is blocked.           ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    car. the windshield is shattered,     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               from outside.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
*$/~,¨¨¨¨¨       §~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~§      ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$*
§*$/~,¨¨¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨¨¨,~/$*§
#§*$/~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~/$*§#
##§*$/~,¨¨   the womans name is ~lynne~, she heads  ¨¨,~/$*§##
###§*$/~,¨   from the peninsula of kola - called    ¨,~/$*§###
##§*$/~,¨¨    there long ago by the depth of the    ¨¨,~/$*§##
#§*$/~,¨¨¨   boring hole, now again returning to    ¨¨¨,~/$*§#
§*$/~,¨¨¨¨   denser civilization. but she is not    ¨¨¨¨,~/$*§
*$/~,¨¨¨¨¨   human. she has long claws with which   ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$*
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨  she picks out the flesh of her prey and ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    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    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨  polite face. while her regular (and now ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
*$/~,¨¨¨¨¨  disinterested) mouth is responsible for ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$*
§*$/~,¨¨¨¨    eating plant matter (mostly fatty     ¨¨¨¨,~/$*§
#§*$/~,¨¨¨     fruits like avocado) her tail is     ¨¨¨,~/$*§#
##§*$/~,¨¨ carnivorous and has a mouth (and will?)  ¨¨,~/$*§##
###§*$/~,¨   of its own. the entire tail is hollow  ¨,~/$*§###
##§*$/~,¨¨  and juicy, and feels wonderful inside.  ¨¨,~/$*§##
#§*$/~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~/$*§#
§*$/~,¨¨¨¨ ~~§                                  §~~ ¨¨¨¨,~/$*§
*$/~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$*
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,