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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 ###£@†/~:¨
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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 ###£@†/~:¨
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¨:~/†@£### them   is  already  a  bit  behind   the ###£@†/~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†£ others.   it   will    be   my   target. £†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:~/†@£### dimming, i deploy the  rabbits, throwing ###£@†/~:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~††@# 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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¨¨¨¨¨://@£  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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