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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. .....-**%#
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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. ....-**%#@
#@#%**-... ...-**%#@#
##@#%**-.. 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. ....-**%#@
#%**-..... .....-**%#
%**-...... Which Is Why I'M Here. ......-**%
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