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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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