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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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.^«\%£@### ¤ 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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