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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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