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/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # wildlife in their path and stop, # ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/
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#%/~-¨¨¨¨¨ sound a horn, nudge the animal a ¨¨¨¨¨-~/%#
£#%/~-¨¨¨¨ little, but ultimately wait it out. ¨¨¨¨-~/%#£
#£#%/~-¨¨¨ although they will log video, no call ¨¨¨-~/%#£#
##£#%/~-¨¨ will be made for any outside ¨¨-~/%#£##
###£#%/~-¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨-~/%#
£#%/~-¨¨¨¨ 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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%/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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£#%/~-¨¨¨¨ which is why i'm here. ¨¨¨¨-~/%#£
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