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§*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*§
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£§*~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
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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, ¨¨.~*§£#¶#
¶#£§*~.¨¨¨ 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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