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#¶&$$†~-,,           the road is blocked.           ,,-~†$$&¶#
##¶&$$†~-, two  creatures,  alive,  and  a  burning ,-~†$$&¶##
#¶&$$†~-,,     car. the windshield is shattered,    ,,-~†$$&¶#
##¶&$$†~-,              from outside.               ,-~†$$&¶##
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#¶&$$†~-,,      &~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&       ,,-~†$$&¶#
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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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