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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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