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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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