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$:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ # autonomous railmakers will notice # ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=:$
@$:=:¨¨¨¨¨ # wildlife in their path and stop, # ¨¨¨¨¨:=:$@
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##@$:=:¨¨¨ sound a horn, nudge the animal a ¨¨¨:=:$@##
###@$:=:¨¨ little, but ultimately wait it out. ¨¨:=:$@###
####@$:=:¨ although they will log video, no call ¨:=:$@####
###@$:=:¨¨ will be made for any outside ¨¨:=:$@###
##@$:=:¨¨¨ assistance. this is very good. ¨¨¨:=:$@##
#@$:=:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:=:$@#
@$:=:¨¨¨¨¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ¨¨¨¨¨:=:$@
$:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ brick-like things. fields of gray and ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=:$
:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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