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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. ,,,,###,,,
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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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