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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.              .....,~^*%
*^~,......                                          ......,~^*
%*^~,..... 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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