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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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