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*=~.......           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.      .........~
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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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