¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
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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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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨