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#@#£%†*~~¨ assistance. this is very good. ¨~~*†%£#@#
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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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@##£%†*~~¨ dense forest. ¨~~*†%£##@
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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 ¨~~*†%£#@#
£†***~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~*†%£#@#
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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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