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£$=^^^,,,,      assistance. this is very good.      ,,,,^^^=$£
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££=^«,,,,, the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ,,,,,«^=££
###£$=^«^, brick-like  things. fields  of  gray and ,^«^=$£###
#£$^«^,,,,     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ,,,,^«^$£#
###£$=^«^, hissing.  trilling to  each  other, like ,^«^=$£###
#£$===^«^, language.  and  here,  three  of   them, ,^«^===$£#
###£$=^«^, slowly  making  their  way  through  the ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^,              dense forest.               ,^«^=$£###
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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 ,,,,,^«=££
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####£$^«^, dimming, i deploy the rabbits,  throwing ,^«^$£####
###£$=^«^, them  in  the  path   of  my  prey.  the ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^, creatures are yet alive, but  maimed  so ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^, as  to  be  unable to  move - they  will ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^, stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^, forcing it  to pause, further separating ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^,         it from its two friends.         ,^«^=$£###
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###£$=^«^,  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ,^«^=$£###
£$=«^,,,,, well  away from  their various exhausts. ,,,,,^«=$£
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###£$=^«^, keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ,^«^=$£###
###£$=^«^, water  enough for  it  to  be drinkable. ,^«^=$£###
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