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.^-;%£@#@# #@#@£%;-^.
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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. @@#@£%;-^.
....^;%£## ##£%;^....
.^-;%£@#@# 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. #£;^......
......-%£@ @£%-......
.^-;%£@#@# 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. ###@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# #@#@£%;-^.
..^^--;;£# 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. #£%;--^...
.^-;%£@@## ##@@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# #@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# @ 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. #@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# #@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@@ a liver that, as long as you manage to @@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@# keep it alive, can clean the creek #@#@£%;-^.
.^-;%££@@@ water enough for it to be drinkable. @@@££%;-^.
.^-;%£@### ###@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@### which is why i'm here. ###@£%;-^.
.^-;%£@#@@ @@#@£%;-^.
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