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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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