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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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