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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. ###&§*\~-,
,-~\*§&### ###&§*\~-,
,-~\*§&### 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. ###&§*\~-,
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,-~\*§&### which is why i'm here. ###&§*\~-,
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