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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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