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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. ,,,----%%@
#@#@%%†-., ,.-†%%@#@#
@#%%%†.,,, 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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