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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.               ..«/*%&#@#
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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. ..«/*%#@##
&**/«.....                                          .....«/**&
##%**««... 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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