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=~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # autonomous railmakers will notice # ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=
§=~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ # wildlife in their path and stop, # ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=§
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#%§=~:¨¨¨¨ 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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