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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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