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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.      ..^~\*£@##
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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. £££££££££££ .^~\*£@###
##@£*\~^.. ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ 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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