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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. =~:,,,,,,,
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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. ##¶&%=~:,,
,,,:~=%&¶# #¶&%=~:,,,
,,,,:~=%&¶ ¶&%=~:,,,,
,,,,,:~=%& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &%=~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~=% & 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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