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.~«†^$&£## & wildlife in their path and stop,     & ##£&$^†«~.
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.~«†^$&&&# sound  a   horn,  nudge  the   animal  a #&&&$^†«~.
....~~†^&# 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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.~«††^^^&£  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured £&^^^††«~.
...~††$$&£ brick-like  things. fields  of  gray and £&$$††~...
...~«^$$£#     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     #£$$^«~...
...~«††$£# hissing. trilling  to each  other,  like #£$††«~...
.~«†^$&£## language.  and   here,  three  of  them, ##£&$^†«~.
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.~«†^$&£## i'm  coming  up on them  from behind and ##£&$^†«~.
.~«†^$£### to  the left,  hidden  behind the  thick ###£$^†«~.
.....~†^^& 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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.~«†^$$&&£ just as  the light of the leading two is £&&$$^†«~.
.~«†^$&£## dimming, i deploy the rabbits,  throwing ##£&$^†«~.
.~«††^^$$£ them  in  the  path  of   my  prey.  the £$$^^††«~.
~«†^$&£### creatures are  yet alive, but maimed  so ###£&$^†«~
.~«†^$&£## as  to be unable  to  move -  they  will ##£&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&&&# stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, #&&&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&££# forcing it to  pause, further separating #££&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&£##         it from its two friends.         ##£&$^†«~.
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.~«†^$&£## &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& not meat, ##£&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&£## but something  like a liver,  that  will ##£&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&£##  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ##£&$^†«~.
.~«†^$&£## well away from their  various  exhausts. ##£&$^†«~.
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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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