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@@##%%*~,. SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A .,~*%%##@@
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##%*~,,... WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ...,,~*%##
####%%*~,. ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. .,~*%%####
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#@##%%*~,. THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED .,~*%%##@#
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@###%%*~,. LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, .,~*%%###@
#@##%%*~,. SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE .,~*%%##@#
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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 .,~*%%##@#
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#%**,,.... 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 ....~~%%%#
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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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