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§§†/.¨¨¨¨¨ § autonomous railmakers will notice    § ¨¨¨¨¨./†§§
#@#§£†/«.¨ § wildlife in their path and stop,     § ¨.«/†£§#@#
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#@#§£†/«.¨ little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ¨.«/†£§#@#
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@§†«.¨¨¨¨¨ 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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