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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. *^~^......
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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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..^~^*%§##          Which Is Why I'M Here.          ##§%*^~^..
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