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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.      ..,~*%££##
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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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