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....^=*%#@ ==#                                  #== @#%*=^....
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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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.....^=*%# ==#                                  #== #%*=^.....
....^=*%#@       #===========================#      @#%*=^....
...^=*%#@# ==#                                  #== #@#%*=^...
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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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