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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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