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#@¶£&*\«,. 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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##@¶£&*\«, brick-like  things. fields  of  gray and ,«\*&£¶@##
£*\\««,...     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ...,««\\*£
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¶¶£&*\\«,. language.  and   here,  three  of  them, .,«\\*&£¶¶
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£**\\«....              dense forest.               ....«\\**£
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¶£*\«..... 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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##@£&*\«,. 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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#@¶£&*\«,.          which is why i'm here.          .,«\*&£¶@#
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