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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. ....~††^§@
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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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