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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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