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@@@#%*^=-. sound a horn, nudge the animal a .-=^*%#@@@
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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 .-=^*%##@#
##@#%*^=-. between the leaves, casting rays .-=^*%#@##
##@#%*^=-. through the wet air, playing over my .-=^*%#@##
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##@#%*^=-. overtake them, crouch in the ditch made .-=^*%#@##
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##@#%*^=-. 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 .-=^*%%%##
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#*^^=..... but something like a liver, that will .....=^^*#
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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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