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¶%†*~:¨¨¨¨ ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ¨¨¨¨:~*†%¶
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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 ¨:~*†%¤¶##
##¶¤%†*~:¨ dense forest. ¨:~*†%¤¶##
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###¤%†*~:¨ 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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¤¤†**~~¨¨¨ dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing ¨¨¨~~**†¤¤
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###¶%†*~:¨ 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 ¨:~*†%¤¶¶#
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###¶¤%*~:¨ keep it alive, can clean the creek ¨:~*%¤¶###
##¶¤%†*~:¨ water enough for it to be drinkable. ¨:~*†%¤¶##
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