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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 ¨¨¨¨¨,«=§§
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=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ foliage. their light finds the gaps ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=
§=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ between the leaves, casting rays ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=§
§§=«,¨¨¨¨¨ through the wet air, playing over my ¨¨¨¨¨,«=§§
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#@§§=«,¨¨¨ 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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§=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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§§=«,¨¨¨¨¨ § another thing about the machines: § ¨¨¨¨¨,«=§§
@§§=«,¨¨¨¨ § there's flesh inside them. §§§§§§§§§§§ ¨¨¨¨,«=§§@
#@§§=«,¨¨¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ not meat, ¨¨¨,«=§§@#
##@§§=«,¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨,«=§§
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