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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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.:~^*$¤£## to the  left,  hidden  behind the  thick ##£¤$*^~:.
.:~^*$¤£## foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ##£¤$*^~:.
.:~^*$¤£##     between the leaves, casting rays     ##£¤$*^~:.
.....:^^$£ through  the wet  air,  playing over  my £$^^:.....
.:~~~***¤¤ face and arms,  and my weapon. i quickly ¤¤***~~~:.
.:~^*$¤£## overtake them, crouch in the ditch  made ##£¤$*^~:.
.:~^*$$¤¤£ by the preprocessor, and watch.  one  of £¤¤$$*^~:.
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.:~^*$¤¤¤# others.   it   will   be   my    target. #¤¤¤$*^~:.
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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 ¤¤¤***^~:.
.:~^*$$$¤¤ as to be  unable  to move  -  they  will ¤¤$$$*^~:.
..:~~^$$¤¤ stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, ¤¤$$^~~:..
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.:~~~*$¤¤#         it from its two friends.         #¤¤$*~~~:.
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....:^**¤# ¤ another thing about the machines:    ¤ #¤**^:....
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.:~^*$¤£##  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ##£¤$*^~:.
.:~^*$¤### well away from their  various  exhausts. ###¤$*^~:.
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..:~~^*¤¤# keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek #¤¤*^~~:..
.:~^*$¤£## water  enough  for it to  be  drinkable. ##£¤$*^~:.
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