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..=*†£#### # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ####£†*=..
......*££# # wildlife in their path and stop,     # #££*......
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..=*†££### 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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