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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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##@@&^*=.. which is why i'm here. ..=*^&@@##
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