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¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
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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.         ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
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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. ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§          which is why i'm here.          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨