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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. --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--† †--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--†* 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. #@@@§*†--¨
¨¨--†*§@@@ @@@§*†--¨¨
¨¨¨--†*§@@ @@§*†--¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--†*§@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @§*†--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨--†*§ @ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ a liver that, as long as you manage to ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ keep it alive, can clean the creek ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ water enough for it to be drinkable. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-- which is why i'm here. --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--† †--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--†* *†--¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨--†*§ §*†--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--†*§@ @§*†--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨--†*§@@ @@§*†--¨¨¨