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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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