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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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