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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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.,~^^$£@## £ another thing about the machines:    £ ##@£$^^~,.
.,~^^$$££@ £ there's flesh inside them. £££££££££££ @££$$^^~,.
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.,~^^$£@## but something  like  a  liver, that will ##@£$^^~,.
....,^^$$£  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  £$$^^,....
....,~^$$£ well away from  their  various exhausts. £$$^~,....
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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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