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-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ will be made for any outside ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
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%*=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ foliage. their light finds the gaps ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=*%
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ them is already a bit behind the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=
*=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ others. it will be my target. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=*
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###£%%*=-¨ as to be unable to move - they will ¨-=*%%£###
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-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ £ there's flesh inside them. £££££££££££ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
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