¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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§§¨§§¨§¨§§ ==§                                  §== ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ ==§                                  §== §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§§      §===========================§       ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ ==§                                  §== §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§  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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¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ ==§                                  §== §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨