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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. .....^~/§&
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#§&§/~^... 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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