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¨,~/$@§¶## § wildlife in their path and stop, § ##¶§@$/~,¨
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¨,~/$@§§§¶ assistance. this is very good. ¶§§§@$/~,¨
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¨,~/$@§¶## language. and here, three of them, ##¶§@$/~,¨
¨,~/$@§¶## slowly making their way through the ##¶§@$/~,¨
¨,~/$@§¶## dense forest. ##¶§@$/~,¨
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¨,~/$@§¶## i'm coming up on them from behind and ##¶§@$/~,¨
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¨,~/$@§¶## through the wet air, playing over my ##¶§@$/~,¨
¨¨¨,,~$$$§ face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly §$$$~,,¨¨¨
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¨,~/$@¶### dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing ###¶@$/~,¨
¨,~/$@§### them in the path of my prey. the ###§@$/~,¨
¨¨¨¨~$$$§¶ creatures are yet alive, but maimed so ¶§$$$~¨¨¨¨
¨,~/$@§¶## as to be unable to move - they will ##¶§@$/~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~$@§# § there's flesh inside them. §§§§§§§§§§§ #§@$~¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,~/$@§¶## a liver that, as long as you manage to ##¶§@$/~,¨
¨,~/$@§¶## keep it alive, can clean the creek ##¶§@$/~,¨
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