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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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