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,,=:^%##@# #@##%^:=,,
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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. ##@#%^:=,,
,,=:^%#### ####%^:=,,
,,==:^^%#@ @#%^^:==,,
,,,,,,=^%# #%^=,,,,,,
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