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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. ,,,,,,,,:»
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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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