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¨¨.=^%%#£# # autonomous railmakers will notice # #£#%%^=.¨¨
¨.=^%%#£## # wildlife in their path and stop, # ##£#%%^=.¨
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¨¨¨.=^%%#£ 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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