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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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