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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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