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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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