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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 ¨,-:§&####
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####&§:-,¨ 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 ¨,-:§&####
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#§---,¨¨¨¨ 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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