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#@¶£@§^=,¨ £ autonomous railmakers will notice    £ ¨,=^§@£¶@#
@¶£@§^=,¨¨ £ wildlife in their path and stop,     £ ¨¨,=^§@£¶@
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@§^=,¨¨¨¨¨ 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. £££££££££££ ¨¨¨,=^§@£¶
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#@¶£@§^=,¨ 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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