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¶##=^~~:¨¨ # 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.      ¨:~^=£#¶@#
¶¶¶#£=^~:¨                                          ¨:~^=£#¶¶¶
#@¶#£=^~:¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ¨:~^=£#¶@#
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¶¶#£=^:¨¨¨     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. ¨:~^=£#¶@#
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@#£==~:¨¨¨ 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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