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#@#¤£%==,¨ although they will log video, no call ¨,==%£¤#@#
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#@#¤£%==,¨ assistance. this is very good. ¨,==%£¤#@#
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#@#¤£%==,¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ¨,==%£¤#@#
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#@#¤£%==,¨ teal, floodlights, thrumming and ¨,==%£¤#@#
#@#¤£%==,¨ hissing. trilling to each other, like ¨,==%£¤#@#
##@#£%==,¨ language. and here, three of them, ¨,==%£#@##
###¤£%==,¨ slowly making their way through the ¨,==%£¤###
#@#¤£%==,¨ dense forest. ¨,==%£¤#@#
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#@#¤£%==,¨ i'm coming up on them from behind and ¨,==%£¤#@#
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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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#£%%%%==,¨ 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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#@#¤£%==,¨ ¤ another thing about the machines: ¤ ¨,==%£¤#@#
#@#¤£%==,¨ ¤ 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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¤£=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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