¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ==§                                  §== ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨           the road is blocked.           ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨    car. the windshield is shattered,     §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨              from outside.               ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§ ==§                                  §== ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨       §===========================§      ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ==§                                  §== ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨  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.  ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ ==§                                  §== ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨