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##£§%;«~¨¨ LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. ¨¨~«;%§£##
#£§%;«~¨¨¨ ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL ¨¨¨~«;%§£#
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§%;«~¨¨¨¨¨ ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. ¨¨¨¨¨~«;%§
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~«;%§
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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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§%;«~¨¨¨¨¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨¨¨¨¨~«;%§
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##£§%;«~¨¨ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ¨¨~«;%§£##
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