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.,~^==&##¶ # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ¶##&==^~,.
.,~^=&#¶## # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ##¶#&=^~,.
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.,~^=&#¶## 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.               ¶¶#&=^,,..
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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. ¶&^^~~,...
.,~^=&#¶¶#                                          #¶¶#&=^~,.
.,~^=&#¶## 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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