,:~=%§#¶##                                          ##¶#§%=~:,
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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.         #¶#§%=~:,,
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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. ##¶#§%=~:,
,,:~=%§#¶#                                          #¶#§%=~:,,
,:~=%§#¶## 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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