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#,,##,,### # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ###,,#####
,,,,,,,,## # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ,#,,,,####
,######,,# ######################################## ,,,##,,##,
,,####,,,, sound   a  horn,   nudge  the  animal  a ,#,,,,,,,,
#,,##,,##, 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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,,,,#####,  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 ,,,##,,,,,
##,,,,,,#,               dense forest.              ,#,,,,####
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,,,,##,,## i'm  coming up on them  from behind  and ##,,,,,,##
,##,,,,,,# to  the  left,  hidden behind  the thick #,,####,,,
,,,,####,, 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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,,,###,,## just as the light of  the leading two is ,##,,,,##,
##,,#,,,,, dimming, i deploy the  rabbits, throwing ,,,,##,,,,
,,,,,,#### 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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,,,#,,##,,          which is why i'm here.          #,,######,
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