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¨:~^**§§## § autonomous railmakers will notice    § ##§§**^~:¨
¨:~^^^*§§# § wildlife in their path and stop,     § #§§*^^^~:¨
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¨:~^**§### 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.      ###§**^~:¨
¨¨¨¨~^***§                                          §***^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:^^**§ 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. ###§**^~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~***#                                          #***~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^**§### 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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