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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. %^†«^,,,,,
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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. @¤%^†«^,,,
,,^«†^%¤@#                                          #@¤%^†«^,,
,^«†^%¤@##          which is why i'm here.          ##@¤%^†«^,
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