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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. ###&%^^~-,
,-~^^%&£## ##£&%^^~-,
,-~^^%&£## 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. ##£&%^^~-,
,,,,,-^^^& &^^^-,,,,,
,-~^^%&£## ##£&%^^~-,
,-~^^%&£## &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ##£&%^^~-,
,-~^^%&£## & 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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