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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.         #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,##,#                                          #,#,#,#,#,
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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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