.,«^*¤@@££                                          ££@@¤*^«,.
.,«^*¤¤@@@                                          @@@¤¤*^«,.
......«*@£                                          £@*«......
.,«^*¤@£@#                                          #@£@¤*^«,.
.,«^*¤@£@#                                          #@£@¤*^«,.
.....,^^¤@ ««@                                  @«« @¤^^,.....
......«*@@                                          @@*«......
.,«^*¤@£@#           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.  #@£@¤*^«,.
.,«^*¤£@##                                          ##@£¤*^«,.
.,«^¤@£@## ««@                                  @«« ##@£@¤^«,.
....«««*@£                                          £@*«««....
...,,««*@@                                          @@*««,,...
.,«^^^¤¤@£                                          £@¤¤^^^«,.
.......«*@                                          @*«.......
.,«^*¤@£@#                                          #@£@¤*^«,.