...~~:^$#@ @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# ~~# #~~ #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# THE ROAD IS BLOCKED. #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## TWO CREATURES, ALIVE, AND A BURNING ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# CAR. THE WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED, #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ FROM OUTSIDE. @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ ~~# #~~ @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## ~~# #~~ ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ THE WOMANS NAME IS ~LYNNE~, SHE HEADS @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# FROM THE PENINSULA OF KOLA - CALLED #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ THERE LONG AGO BY THE DEPTH OF THE @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# BORING HOLE, NOW AGAIN RETURNING TO #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## DENSER CIVILIZATION. BUT SHE IS NOT ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# HUMAN. SHE HAS LONG CLAWS WITH WHICH #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ SHE PICKS OUT THE FLESH OF HER PREY AND @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# TEARS AT IT WITH HER TEETH, BLOOD #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ DRIPPING ONTO THE DIRT ROAD. SHE DOES @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# NOT LOOK UP FROM HER KILLING. #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# HER STEED IS ~HORNBLENDE~, A DARK #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ HORSE, A GLOWING PANTHER. SHE'S AN @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# EXTREMELY DIGITGRADE THING, WITH A #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ POLITE FACE. WHILE HER REGULAR (AND NOW @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# DISINTERESTED) MOUTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## EATING PLANT MATTER (MOSTLY FATTY ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# FRUITS LIKE AVOCADO) HER TAIL IS #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ CARNIVOROUS AND HAS A MOUTH (AND WILL?) @#$^:~~...
....~~:^$# OF ITS OWN. THE ENTIRE TAIL IS HOLLOW #$^:~~....
...~~:^$#@ AND JUICY, AND FEELS WONDERFUL INSIDE. @#$^:~~...
..~~:^$#@# #@#$^:~~..
.~~:^$#@## ~~# #~~ ##@#$^:~~.
..~~:^$#@# #@#$^:~~..
...~~:^$#@ @#$^:~~...
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