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........,- # autonomous railmakers will notice    # -,........
.......,-† # 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.      ####¤§†-,.
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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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