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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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