#&&&§^*-^,                                          ,^-*^§&&&#
&&§**^,,,,                                          ,,,,^**§&&
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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.      ,^-*^§&#@#
#§*--^^,,,                                          ,,,^^--*§#
@#§§§^*-^,  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.              ,^-*^§&#@#
#@#&§^*-^,                                          ,^-*^§&#@#
#@#&§^*-^, 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.         ,,,--^^^&&
#@#&§^*-^,                                          ,^-*^§&#@#
##@#&§^-^,                                          ,^-^§&#@##
##@#&^*-^, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ,^-*^&#@##
#@#&§^*-^, & 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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#§**^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^**§#
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