,-~=%&#@## ##@#&%=~-,
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,,,,,-=&#@ @#&=-,,,,,
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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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