¨¨¨¨¨^~†$¤                                          ¤$†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†$¤@                                          @¤$†~^¨¨¨¨
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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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