,,,,,,,~^§                                          §^~,,,,,,,
,~~†^%§§@#                                          #@§§%^†~~,
,~~†^^^%%@                                          @%%^^^†~~,
,~~†^%§@##                                          ##@§%^†~~,
,,,,~~~†%§                                          §%†~~~,,,,
,~~†^%§### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###§%^†~~,
,,,,~~†%%§ § 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.      ##@§%^†~~,
,,,~~††^%@                                          @%^††~~,,,
,~~†^%§@##  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. ###§%^†~~,
,,~~~†%§@@                                          @@§%†~~~,,
,~~†^%§@## 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.         @§§%^^†~~,
,~~††^%%@#                                          #@%%^††~~,
,~~~~~^%§§                                          §§%^~~~~~,
,,~~††%§§# §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ #§§%††~~,,
,~~†^%§@## § 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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