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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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