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¨¨:=†$@@## @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### @ autonomous railmakers will notice    @ ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## @ wildlife in their path and stop,     @ ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## sound   a   horn,  nudge  the  animal  a ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## although  they  will log  video, no call ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### will    be   made    for   any   outside ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##      assistance. this is very good.      ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@###                                          ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### brick-like  things. fields of  gray  and ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### hissing.  trilling to  each other,  like ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## language.   and  here,  three  of  them, ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### slowly  making  their  way  through  the ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##              dense forest.               ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@###                                          ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## i'm coming up  on  them  from behind and ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### to the  left, hidden  behind  the  thick ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@###     between the leaves, casting rays     ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## through the  wet air,  playing  over  my ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### face and  arms, and my weapon. i quickly ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## overtake  them, crouch in the ditch made ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### by  the  preprocessor, and watch. one of ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## them  is   already  a  bit  behind   the ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### others.   it    will   be   my   target. ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##                                          ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### just as the light of  the leading two is ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## dimming, i deploy the rabbits,  throwing ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### them  in  the  path  of   my  prey.  the ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## creatures  are yet alive, but  maimed so ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### as  to  be unable  to  move  - they will ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### forcing  it to pause, further separating ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##         it from its two friends.         ##@@$†=:¨¨
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¨:=†$@@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## @ another thing about the machines:    @ ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### @ there's flesh inside them. @@@@@@@@@@@ ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ not meat, ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### but something  like a liver,  that  will ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### well  away from their  various exhausts. ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##                                          ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### a liver that, as long  as you  manage to ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@## keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@### water  enough  for  it to  be drinkable. ###@@$†=:¨
¨¨:=†$@@##                                          ##@@$†=:¨¨
¨:=†$@@###          which is why i'm here.          ###@@$†=:¨
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