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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.               &%~.,,,,,,
,.~*%&&###                                          ###&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&#@@ 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. @@#&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&@##                                          ##@&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&#@# a liver  that, as long as you  manage to #@#&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&#@# keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek #@#&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&#@# water enough  for it  to  be  drinkable. #@#&&%*~.,
,.~*%&&#@@                                          @@#&&%*~.,
,,,,.*%%&&          which is why i'm here.          &&%%*.,,,,
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