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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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