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#$$;--,,,, # autonomous railmakers will notice # ,,,,--;$$#
#===;.,,,, # wildlife in their path and stop, # ,,,,.;===#
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##=;-,,,,, hissing. trilling to each other, like ,,,,,-;=##
#=;.,,,,,, language. and here, three of them, ,,,,,,.;=#
#@##$=;-., slowly making their way through the ,.-;=$##@#
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#@##$=;-., to the left, hidden behind the thick ,.-;=$##@#
####$=;-., foliage. their light finds the gaps ,.-;=$####
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####$=;-., through the wet air, playing over my ,.-;=$####
##@#$=;-., face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ,.-;=$#@##
@#=-.,,,,, overtake them, crouch in the ditch made ,,,,,.-=#@
####$=;-., by the preprocessor, and watch. one of ,.-;=$####
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#$$=;.,,,, dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing ,,,,.;=$$#
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#$=;;--,,, creatures are yet alive, but maimed so ,,,--;;=$#
#@##$=;-., as to be unable to move - they will ,.-;=$##@#
#$;...,,,, stay in the path of the railmaker, ,,,,...;$#
@@##$=;-., forcing it to pause, further separating ,.-;=$##@@
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##@#$=;-., # another thing about the machines: # ,.-;=$#@##
#@##$=;-., # there's flesh inside them. ########### ,.-;=$##@#
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#=-,,,,,,, but something like a liver, that will ,,,,,,,-=#
#=;.,,,,,, keep the railmakers internal chemistry ,,,,,,.;=#
##$=;;;-., well away from their various exhausts. ,.-;;;=$##
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#$$==;.,,, a liver that, as long as you manage to ,,,.;==$$#
####$=;-., keep it alive, can clean the creek ,.-;=$####
@@##$=;-., water enough for it to be drinkable. ,.-;=$##@@
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