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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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