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¨~«^*$¤¤@@ ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ @@¤¤$*^«~¨
¨¨¨~~«^*¤¤ ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ¤¤*^«~~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~~^$¤@ sound a horn, nudge the animal a @¤$^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~«^*$¤@## little, but ultimately wait it out. ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨~«^*$¤@## although they will log video, no call ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨~«^*$¤### will be made for any outside ###¤$*^«~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«*¤¤ 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 #¤**«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«^^$@ them is already a bit behind the @$^^«~¨¨¨¨
¨~«^*$¤@## others. it will be my target. ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨¨¨¨¨««*¤¤ ¤¤*««¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«**¤ 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: ¤ @@¤*^^«~¨¨
¨¨~««^$$@@ ¤ there's flesh inside them. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @@$$^««~¨¨
¨~«^*$¤@## ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ not meat, ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨~««^^$¤¤¤ but something like a liver, that will ¤¤¤$^^««~¨
¨~«^*$¤@## keep the railmakers internal chemistry ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨¨¨~«*$$$@ well away from their various exhausts. @$$$*«~¨¨¨
¨~«^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^«~¨
¨¨¨~^^$$$@ a liver that, as long as you manage to @$$$^^~¨¨¨
¨~~~«^*$@@ keep it alive, can clean the creek @@$*^«~~~¨
¨¨~~««^$@# water enough for it to be drinkable. #@$^««~~¨¨
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¨~«^*$¤@## which is why i'm here. ##@¤$*^«~¨
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