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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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........., 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 ¶#%%==,...
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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 %==,......
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........,= Others. It Will Be My Target. =,........
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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 #%%==,....
...,==%%#¶ It From Its Two Friends. ¶#%%==,...
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...,==%%#¶ # Another Thing About The Machines: # ¶#%%==,...
....,==%%# # 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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