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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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