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§§§%^~¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨-~^%£§@@@
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#@@§£%^~-¨ dense forest. ¨-~^%£§@@#
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@@§££%^~-¨ i'm coming up on them from behind and ¨-~^%££§@@
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##@§£%^~-¨ 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 ¨-~^%£@@##
@@@§£%^~-¨ them in the path of my prey. the ¨-~^%£§@@@
#@@§£%^~-¨ creatures are yet alive, but maimed so ¨-~^%£§@@#
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##@§£%^~-¨ 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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@@@§£%^~-¨ keep the railmakers internal chemistry ¨-~^%£§@@@
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