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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. .~«/%¤¤#@#
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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. .~«/%¤¤#@#
¤¤¤¤¤%/«~.                                          .~«/%¤¤¤¤¤
@##¤¤%/«~. a liver that, as  long as  you manage to .~«/%¤¤##@
#¤%«...... keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ......«%¤#
##¤¤%«««~. water  enough  for it  to  be drinkable. .~«««%¤¤##
¤¤%/«««...                                          ...«««/%¤¤
#¤%/««~...          which is why i'm here.          ...~««/%¤#
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