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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 #&^^»,,,,,
,,»*^^$$$£ it from its two friends. £$$$^^*»,,
,,»*^$&### ###&$^*»,,
,,,,,,*^&# #&^*,,,,,,
,,,,,»*$&# &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& #&$*»,,,,,
,,,,,»*$££ & another thing about the machines: & ££$*»,,,,,
,,»»**$$&# & there's flesh inside them. &&&&&&&&&&& #&$$**»»,,
,,,,,**$$£ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& not meat, £$$**,,,,,
,,,,,»^$££ but something like a liver, that will ££$^»,,,,,
,,»*^$$$$& keep the railmakers internal chemistry &$$$$^*»,,
,,,,,,,»^& 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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