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~......... § autonomous railmakers will notice § .........~
.......... § 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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##¶§£=*~.. language. and here, three of them, ..~*=£§¶##
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~......... 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 .......~*=
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#¶§£=*~... 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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