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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. ,,,,«†%££#
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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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