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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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