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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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