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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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