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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 $%;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;% assistance. this is very good. %;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ brick-like things. fields of gray and ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ teal, floodlights, thrumming and ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ hissing. trilling to each other, like ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ language. and here, three of them, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ slowly making their way through the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ dense forest. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ i'm coming up on them from behind and ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ to the left, hidden behind the thick ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ foliage. their light finds the gaps ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ between the leaves, casting rays ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ through the wet air, playing over my ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;% overtake them, crouch in the ditch made %;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~;%$ 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 $%;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;% stay in the path of the railmaker, %;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; forcing it to pause, further separating ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ it from its two friends. ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # another thing about the machines: # ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # there's flesh inside them. ########### ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ############################## not meat, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ but something like a liver, that will ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ keep the railmakers internal chemistry ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ well away from their various exhausts. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ a liver that, as long as you manage to ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ keep it alive, can clean the creek ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; water enough for it to be drinkable. ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;% %;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~;%$ which is why i'm here. $%;~~¨¨¨¨¨
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