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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, ##@#@@†~~¨
¨~~†$@@@#@ forcing it to pause, further separating @#@@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@#@# it from its two friends. #@#@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@### ###@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@@## ##@@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@#@@ @ another thing about the machines: @ @@#@@$†~~¨
¨¨¨~†$$@#@ @ there's flesh inside them. @@@@@@@@@@@ @#@$$†~¨¨¨
¨~~†$@@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ not meat, ###@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@#@# but something like a liver, that will #@#@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@#@# keep the railmakers internal chemistry #@#@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@#@@ well away from their various exhausts. @@#@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@##@ @##@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@@#@ a liver that, as long as you manage to @#@@@$†~~¨
¨~~†$@@@@@ keep it alive, can clean the creek @@@@@$†~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$@ water enough for it to be drinkable. @$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~~†$@@#@# which is why i'm here. #@#@@$†~~¨
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