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.,«=*$§@@@           THE ROAD IS BLOCKED.           @@@§$*=«,.
.......«*§ TWO  CREATURES,  ALIVE,  AND  A  BURNING §*«.......
.,«=*$§@@#    CAR. THE WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED,     #@@§$*=«,.
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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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