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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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