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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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