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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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