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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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