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&...&.&&&& & Wildlife In Their Path And Stop, & .&&.&&&.&.
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&.&..&..&& Sound A Horn, Nudge The Animal A &&.&.&....
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..&&.&&&.. Although They Will Log Video, No Call &....&..&.
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&&..&.&&.. 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 ...&&.&&&&
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&&&&.&&&&& 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 .&..&&&&..
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.&&&..&&&& 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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.&&&.&..&. & There'S Flesh Inside Them. &&&&&&&&&&& &..&&&...&
&..&&&.&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 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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