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£$=*-~¨¨¨¨ £ wildlife in their path and stop,     £ ¨¨¨¨~-*=$£
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#@£$=*-~¨¨      assistance. this is very good.      ¨¨~-*=$£@#
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#@£$=*-~¨¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ¨¨~-*=$£@#
@£$=*-~¨¨¨ brick-like  things.  fields  of gray and ¨¨¨~-*=$£@
£$=*-~¨¨¨¨     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ¨¨¨¨~-*=$£
$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ hissing.  trilling to  each  other, like ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
=*-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ language.  and  here,   three  of  them, ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*=
$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ slowly  making  their  way  through  the ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
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#@£$=*-~¨¨ i'm coming  up on  them  from behind and ¨¨~-*=$£@#
##@£$=*-~¨ to the  left,  hidden behind  the  thick ¨~-*=$£@##
#@£$=*-~¨¨ foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ¨¨~-*=$£@#
@£$=*-~¨¨¨     between the leaves, casting rays     ¨¨¨~-*=$£@
£$=*-~¨¨¨¨ through  the  wet air,  playing over  my ¨¨¨¨~-*=$£
$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ face and arms, and my weapon. i  quickly ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
=*-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@£$=*-~¨¨ dimming, i deploy the  rabbits, throwing ¨¨~-*=$£@#
@£$=*-~¨¨¨ them   in  the  path  of  my  prey.  the ¨¨¨~-*=$£@
£$=*-~¨¨¨¨ creatures are yet alive, but  maimed  so ¨¨¨¨~-*=$£
$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ as to be unable  to  move  -  they  will ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
=*-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*=
$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ forcing it to pause,  further separating ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
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@£$=*-~¨¨¨ £ there's flesh inside them. £££££££££££ ¨¨¨~-*=$£@
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$=*-~¨¨¨¨¨ but something like a  liver,  that  will ¨¨¨¨¨~-*=$
=*-~¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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