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£^\=^..... 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, ..........
.......... slowly making their way through the ..........
.......... dense forest. ..........
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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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=^........ £ 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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