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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. ########### #§§§§§;~.,
,.~;§§§$$# ############################## not meat, #$$§§§;~.,
,,,~~§§$## but something like a liver, that will ##$§§~~,,,
,.~;§$#@@# keep the railmakers internal chemistry #@@#$§;~.,
,.~;§$@@## well away from their various exhausts. ##@@$§;~.,
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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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