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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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