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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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