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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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