,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@@### ###@@%=~,,
,,~=@##### #####@=~,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@#### ~~# #~~ ####@%=~,,
,,,,,,~%## ##%~,,,,,,
,,~=%##### 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. ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,,,,,=%%# ~~# #~~ #%%=,,,,,,
,,,,,,~%## ##%~,,,,,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~=%@#### ####@%=~,,
,,~==%%### ###%%==~,,