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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. ####£%\=,,
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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. ####£%\=,,
,,,,,==%£# #£%==,,,,,
,,,,,=%%## 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. ####£%\=,,
,,,,,\%£## ##£%\,,,,,
,,,,=\\%£# 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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