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.^«:*£§£## § wildlife in their path and stop,     § ##£§£*:«^.
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.^«::**£§£ little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. £§£**::«^.
......^«*§ although they will  log  video,  no call §*«^......
....««***§ 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, £££§£*:«^.
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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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.^«:*£§£## 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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