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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. ,,,,---^^§
###§$^†-:, although  they will  log video, no  call ,:-†^$§###
###§$^†-:, will   be   made    for   any    outside ,:-†^$§###
§$^^†-,,,,      assistance. this is very good.      ,,,,-†^^$§
###§$^†-:,                                          ,:-†^$§###
####§$^†:,  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ,:†^$§####
§^^-:,,,,, brick-like things. fields  of  gray  and ,,,,,:-^^§
####$^†-:,     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ,:-†^$####
###§$^†-:, hissing.  trilling to  each  other, like ,:-†^$§###
##$†::,,,, language.  and  here,   three  of  them, ,,,,::†$##
##$$$^†-:, slowly  making  their  way  through  the ,:-†^$$$##
##$^^†:,,,              dense forest.               ,,,:†^^$##
§$^^†-,,,,                                          ,,,,-†^^$§
###§$^†-:, i'm coming  up on them  from  behind and ,:-†^$§###
#§^†-,,,,, 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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