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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. £§†=:,,,,,
,,,,,=§¤££ ££¤§=,,,,,
,:=†¤£@@## 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. @£¤§†::,,,
,:=†§¤£@@@ @@@£¤§†=:,
,,,,:=†§£@ 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. @¤¤††††=:,
,,,,,:†¤@@ @@¤†:,,,,,
,,::==§¤@@ 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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