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.....~-*$§ £ wildlife in their path and stop,     £ §$*-~.....
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..~-*$§££# will   be   made   for    any    outside #££§$*-~..
...~-*$§££      assistance. this is very good.      ££§$*-~...
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....~-*$§£ brick-like things.  fields of  gray  and £§$*-~....
...~-*$§££     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ££§$*-~...
..~-*$§££# hissing. trilling  to each  other,  like #££§$*-~..
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..~-*$§££# slowly  making  their  way  through  the #££§$*-~..
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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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....~-*$§£ £ there's flesh inside them. £££££££££££ £§$*-~....
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...~-*$§££  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ££§$*-~...
..~-*$§££# well  away from their various  exhausts. #££§$*-~..
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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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