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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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