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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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