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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. #¶#%§;»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»;§%#¶ ¶#%§;»-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-»;§%# which is why i'm here. #%§;»-¨¨¨¨
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