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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 ,,^»»:£###
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#££%»»^,,, hissing. trilling to each other, like ,,,^»»%££#
##@#£%:»^, language. and here, three of them, ,^»:%£#@##
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#%»,,,,,,, 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 ,^»:%£#@##
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##@#£%:»^, 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 ,^»:%£#@@@
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##£:»^^^,, water enough for it to be drinkable. ,,^^^»:£##
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