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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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