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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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