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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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