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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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