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$%;«,¨¨¨¨¨ ««#                                  #«« ¨¨¨¨¨,«;%$
%;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;%
;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           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.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««#                                  #«« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«
;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
%;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;%
$%;«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«;%$
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