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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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