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.-~^§$$$¶¶ £ wildlife in their path and stop,     £ ¶¶$$$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£¶##      assistance. this is very good.      ##¶£$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£¶## the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶## brick-like things.  fields  of gray  and ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶##     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ##¶£$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£¶## language.  and  here,  three  of   them, ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶## slowly  making  their  way  through  the ##¶£$§^~-.
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...~~^§$¶# foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps #¶$§^~~...
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.-~^§$£¶## face  and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶## overtake them, crouch in the  ditch made ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶## by  the preprocessor, and  watch. one of ##¶£$§^~-.
.-~^§$£¶## them   is  already  a  bit  behind   the ##¶£$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£¶## creatures  are yet alive, but  maimed so ##¶£$§^~-.
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...-~§§$£# stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, #£$§§~-...
.-~^§$£¶## forcing  it to pause, further separating ##¶£$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£¶##  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ##¶£$§^~-.
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.-~^§$£££# water enough  for  it  to  be drinkable. #£££$§^~-.
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