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,:»*†$£### £ wildlife in their path and stop, £ ###£$†*»:,
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,,,,::»†$£ although they will log video, no call £$†»::,,,,
,:»*†$££## will be made for any outside ##££$†*»:,
,:»*†$£### assistance. this is very good. ###£$†*»:,
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,:»*†$£### the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ###£$†*»:,
,,,»»††$## brick-like things. fields of gray and ##$††»»,,,
,:»*†$£### teal, floodlights, thrumming and ###£$†*»:,
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,:»*†$££## language. and here, three of them, ##££$†*»:,
,:»*†$£### slowly making their way through the ###£$†*»:,
,:»*†$£### dense forest. ###£$†*»:,
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,,:::»*$££ i'm coming up on them from behind and ££$*»:::,,
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,:»*†$£### foliage. their light finds the gaps ###£$†*»:,
,,,,,,:*$£ between the leaves, casting rays £$*:,,,,,,
,:»*†$£### through the wet air, playing over my ###£$†*»:,
,,,»*†$$## face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ##$$†*»,,,
,:»*†$£### overtake them, crouch in the ditch made ###£$†*»:,
,:»*†$£### by the preprocessor, and watch. one of ###£$†*»:,
,:»*†$£### them is already a bit behind the ###£$†*»:,
,,,,,:**$# others. it will be my target. #$**:,,,,,
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,,::*††£## just as the light of the leading two is ##£††*::,,
,:»*†$$££# dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing #££$$†*»:,
,:»*†$££## them in the path of my prey. the ##££$†*»:,
,:»*$£#### creatures are yet alive, but maimed so ####£$*»:,
,:»****†$# as to be unable to move - they will #$†****»:,
,:»*†$£### stay in the path of the railmaker, ###£$†*»:,
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,:»*†$£### it from its two friends. ###£$†*»:,
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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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