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#@##&%=«., SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ,.«=%&##@#
@@##&%=«., 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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#@##&%=«., THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED ,.«=%&##@#
#@##&%=«., 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 ,,,,,,.=%#
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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 ,,,,,,.=&#
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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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#@##&%=«., FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ,.«=%&##@#
#@##&%=«., IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. ,.«=%&##@#
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#&&==««,,, BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ,,,««==&&#
##@#&%=«., KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ,.«=%&#@##
#%««««..., WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ,...««««%#
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#@##&%=«., KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ,.«=%&##@#
#@##&%=«., WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ,.«=%&##@#
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