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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  ##¶§£†==..
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.....==†§¶ HISSING.  TRILLING  TO EACH OTHER,  LIKE ¶§†==.....
.....=††§¶ LANGUAGE.   AND  HERE,  THREE  OF  THEM, ¶§††=.....
..==††££¶¶ SLOWLY  MAKING  THEIR  WAY  THROUGH  THE ¶¶££††==..
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..==†£§¶## FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I  QUICKLY ##¶§£†==..
....=††££§ OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE  DITCH MADE §££††=....
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..==†£§¶## 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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..==††£§§#  KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY  #§§£††==..
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..==††£§§#          WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE.          #§§£††==..
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