....=*%# ##&%*=....
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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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