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#@=-¨¨¨¨¨¨    tears at it with her teeth, blood     ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=@#
###@£=†-:¨  dripping onto the dirt road. she does   ¨:-†=£@###
###@£=†-:¨      not look up from her killing.       ¨:-†=£@###
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#££†::::¨¨    extremely digitgrade thing, with a    ¨¨::::†££#
###@£=†-:¨ polite face. while her regular (and now  ¨:-†=£@###
##£==†--:¨ disinterested) mouth is responsible for  ¨:--†==£##
@@=†:¨¨¨¨¨     eating plant matter (mostly fatty    ¨¨¨¨¨:†=@@
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