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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.      ¤¤§*«^....
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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. @¤¤§*«^...
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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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