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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. #£††~::,,,
,:~†§£¤###                                          ###¤£§†~:,
,,,,,::~§¤ 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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