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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 ,:~~~~~§&#
###&$§/~:,     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ,:~/§$&###
#$$/~,,,,, hissing. trilling  to each  other,  like ,,,,,~/$$#
&$$$§/:::, language.  and  here,   three  of  them, ,:::/§$$$&
###&$§/~:, slowly  making  their  way  through  the ,:~/§$&###
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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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