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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. ##@§%*†~,.
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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.         ##@§%*†~,.
.....,~*§@                                          @§*~,.....
.,~†*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*†~,.
.....,†*%@ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ @%*†,.....
....,†*%%@ § 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. §§%†,.....
.,~†*%@###                                          ###@%*†~,.
.,~†††%§§#          Which Is Why I'M Here.          #§§%†††~,.
.,~†*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*†~,.
.,~†*%§§§§                                          §§§§%*†~,.
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