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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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