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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†=
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†=
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¶§£=†~,¨¨¨ OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. ¨¨¨,~†=£§¶
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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 ¨¨¨¨,~†=£§
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†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
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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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¶§£=†~,¨¨¨ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ¨¨¨,~†=£§¶
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