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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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