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......~~*¤ ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ¤*~~......
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..~^*£¤£@# little, but ultimately wait it out. #@£¤£*^~..
..~^*££££@ although they will log video, no call @££££*^~..
......~*£¤ will be made for any outside ¤£*~......
......~*¤£ 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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..~^*£¤¤££ 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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