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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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