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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.      .....-^¤¤¤
¤¤^~--....                                          ....--~^¤¤
¶¶¶¤¤†^~-.  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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