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#£%%:«^,,, 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.       ,,^«:%%£##
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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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