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¤¤††~-,,,, ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ,,,,-~††¤¤
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#@@¤$††~-, sound a horn, nudge the animal a ,-~††$¤@@#
#@@¤$††~-, little, but ultimately wait it out. ,-~††$¤@@#
¤††~~,,,,, although they will log video, no call ,,,,,~~††¤
##@¤$††~-, will be made for any outside ,-~††$¤@##
¤¤†~,,,,,, assistance. this is very good. ,,,,,,~†¤¤
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¤††-,,,,,, the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ,,,,,,-††¤
#@@¤$††~-, brick-like things. fields of gray and ,-~††$¤@@#
@$††~,,,,, teal, floodlights, thrumming and ,,,,,~††$@
@@@¤$††~-, hissing. trilling to each other, like ,-~††$¤@@@
#@@¤$††~-, language. and here, three of them, ,-~††$¤@@#
¤†~,,,,,,, slowly making their way through the ,,,,,,,~†¤
#@@¤$††~-, dense forest. ,-~††$¤@@#
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@¤†††~,,,, i'm coming up on them from behind and ,,,,~†††¤@
¤†††~,,,,, to the left, hidden behind the thick ,,,,,~†††¤
##@@¤††~-, foliage. their light finds the gaps ,-~††¤@@##
@¤¤$†~~--, between the leaves, casting rays ,--~~†$¤¤@
@¤¤$†-,,,, through the wet air, playing over my ,,,,-†$¤¤@
##@¤$††~-, face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ,-~††$¤@##
¤$††††-,,, overtake them, crouch in the ditch made ,,,-††††$¤
##@¤$††~-, by the preprocessor, and watch. one of ,-~††$¤@##
¤$†-,,,,,, them is already a bit behind the ,,,,,,-†$¤
#@@¤$††~-, others. it will be my target. ,-~††$¤@@#
¤¤¤†††~-,, ,,-~†††¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤$††~-, just as the light of the leading two is ,-~††$¤¤¤¤
#@@¤$††~-, dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing ,-~††$¤@@#
@$$†~,,,,, them in the path of my prey. the ,,,,,~†$$@
##@@¤††~-, 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 ,,,,,,~†¤@
#@@¤$††~-, it from its two friends. ,-~††$¤@@#
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##@¤$††~-, ¤ another thing about the machines: ¤ ,-~††$¤@##
@$†~-,,,,, ¤ there's flesh inside them. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,,,,,-~†$@
#@@¤$††~-, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ not meat, ,-~††$¤@@#
#@@¤$††~-, but something like a liver, that will ,-~††$¤@@#
##@@¤††~-, 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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@¤††~~~~-, which is why i'm here. ,-~~~~††¤@
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