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#@#@*$=~^¨ TWO CREATURES, ALIVE, AND A BURNING ¨^~=$*@#@#
#@#@*$=~^¨ CAR. THE WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED, ¨^~=$*@#@#
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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 ¨^~=*@#@##
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##@#@*$=^¨ CARNIVOROUS AND HAS A MOUTH (AND WILL?) ¨^=$*@#@##
#@#@*$=~^¨ OF ITS OWN. THE ENTIRE TAIL IS HOLLOW ¨^~=$*@#@#
###@*$=~^¨ AND JUICY, AND FEELS WONDERFUL INSIDE. ¨^~=$*@###
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