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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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§§$;;«,¨¨¨   the womans name is «lynne«, she heads  ¨¨¨,«;;$§§
@##§$†;«,¨   from the peninsula of kola - called    ¨,«;†$§##@
#§$$;;«,¨¨    there long ago by the depth of the    ¨¨,«;;$$§#
@@#§$†;«,¨   boring hole, now again returning to    ¨,«;†$§#@@
@§$;,¨¨¨¨¨    denser civilization. but she is not   ¨¨¨¨¨,;$§@
##@#$†;«,¨   human. she has long claws with which   ¨,«;†$#@##
#@#§$†;«,¨ she picks out the flesh of her prey and  ¨,«;†$§#@#
#§§$;;;«,¨    tears at it with her teeth, blood     ¨,«;;;$§§#
#@#§$†;«,¨  dripping onto the dirt road. she does   ¨,«;†$§#@#
§$;««,,¨¨¨      not look up from her killing.       ¨¨¨,,««;$§
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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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