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##£¤¤%^»~. ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ .~»^%¤¤£##
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##£¤¤%^»~. will be made for any outside .~»^%¤¤£##
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##£¤¤%^»~. 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 .~»^¤¤£###
##£¤¤%^»~. 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 .~»^%¤¤£££
#¤¤¤¤%^»~. it from its two friends. .~»^%¤¤¤¤#
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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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