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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. @@%:-:....
.....:-:%@ @%:-:.....
......:-:% 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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