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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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