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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.              @§%%*«~¨¨¨
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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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