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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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