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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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