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@££*,,,... will   be    made   for    any   outside ...,,,*££@
@@@@£^*«,.      assistance. this is very good.      .,«*^£@@@@
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@^«««,.... brick-like  things. fields  of  gray and ....,«««^@
@@£^^*,,,.     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     .,,,*^^£@@
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###£@^*«,. language.  and  here,   three  of  them, .,«*^@£###
##£@£^*«,. slowly  making  their  way  through  the .,«*^£@£##
###£@£^«,.               dense forest.              .,«^£@£###
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£££@£^*«,. 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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##£@£^*«,. 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 ..,,,,«*££
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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 .,«*^£@£##
£££@£^*«,. water  enough for  it to  be  drinkable. .,«*^£@£££
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