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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. ,,,,,~%&&@
##&&&%:~,, ,,~:%&&&##
#@#&&%:~,, 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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