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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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