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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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