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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^ 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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