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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. .,«\†&&#@#
@#&&†\«,.. ..,«\†&&#@
#&&†\«,... 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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