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¨¨,~†*$£## two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning ##£$*†~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~†*$£#     car. the windshield is shattered,    #£$*†~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~†*$£              from outside.               £$*†~,¨¨¨¨
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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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