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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.  ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«                                          «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«= ««§                                  §«« =«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=*                                          *=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«=**                                          **=«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«=**§                                          §**=«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«=**§@                                          @§**=«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«=**§@#                                          #@§**=«,¨¨