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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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