Today's writing exercise: Iron Rhino

The Iron Rhino
The great iron behemoth lumbered to a stop, steam leaking out of every plate joint from its hydraulic systems. The dorsal guns, useless in motion as the beast pounded along on all four legs, now emerged out and swept the horizon. Or as much of the horizon as possible at any rate, the smoke and dust rising from the hellish battlefield merged into the stagnant radioactive, pollution filled mists, reducing visibility down to a few hundred feet of multi-coloured mud and hell. With no other iron beasts sighted, a hatch popped open and a snorkel deployed.
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